At the start of the week, all of France was eagerly looking forward to Saturday’s reopening of Notre Dame after the cathedral’s 2019 fire. Then, on Wednesday the 27th prime minister of the Fifth Republic (1958), Michel Barnier, lost a vote of non-confidence. The seating plan for the ceremony will have to be redrawn, as happens occasionally with the French constitution too.

The cathedral, which was nearly destroyed in a 2019 fire, reopens this weekend{ai:summary}<p>France anticipates the reopening of Notre Dame this Saturday, following its restoration after the 2019 fire. However, the political landscape shifted when Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a vote of non-confidence on Wednesday, necessitating changes to the ceremony's seating plan. #politics</p>

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