PARIS (AFP) – There is a “large consensus” that the spire of the fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris should be rebuilt as it was, France’s new culture minister said on Thursday (July 9).

Roselyne Bachelot told French radio that “there was a large consensus in public opinion and among those deciding” the issue for the spire to be rebuilt.

Her comments came hours before a commission that is set to rule on the thorny question was due to meet.

But Bachelot said the final decision was in the hands of French President Emmanuel Macron, who up until now has supported a modern architectural “gesture” on the 13th century monument, which was partially destroyed by fire last April.

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