Notre Dame Cathedral was not assured: who was responsible?

The cathedral Notre-Dame was not badured and it was established that the French State was the insurer of the religious buildings which it owns, like the basilica of Paris, according to the local press revealed Wednesday.

"The state will make the necessary," said the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester, while subscriptions are already planned for private collections to be restored, for an amount of about 900 million euros. euros.

Our Lady will remain closed to the public for five or six years, according to the rector of the cathedral.

Bishop Patrick Chauvet told reporters that "a segment of the cathedral had been severely damaged by the devastating fire," without giving further details, stating that it is unclear what There will be 67 employees during the closing period.

Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the Confederation of Workers CGT, Philippe Martinez, today repudiated the avalanche of donations of millionaires like François Pinault (owner of Kering) and Bernard Arnault (LVMH), or large groups such as the oil company Total, for the reconstruction of the cathedral.

"If you can give tens of millions of dollars to rebuilding Notre Dame, stop telling us that there is not enough money to meet the social emergency. ", said Martinez in a statement to France Info.

He added: "There is money, a lot of money, but only in the hands of a few, 200 million in one click, 100 million are donated, which also shows the number of dollars. inequality in this country and I would like to know the position of the workers of the groups led by these people and they say "they are very expensive".

The Pinault family, the majority shareholder of the Kering Group, has announced that it will waive the tax benefits badociated with the donation of 100 million euros announced in the last for the reconstruction of Notre Dame.

Since 2003, French companies investing in philanthropy can deduct 60% of the cost of taxes up to a limit of 0.5% of their turnover.