following the invitation of the President of the French Republic, will go to Paris tomorrow, December 7, to attend the re-opening ceremony of its Cathedral. The President of the Republic will represent Greece.
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At the same time, the president-elect of the USA, Donald Trump, will also attend the event. According to an incomplete list released Thursday by the French presidency, several heads of state will be in Paris and meet with President Emmanuel Macron.
The current US president, on the other hand, will be represented by his wife, Jill.
Which leaders will attend?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr “is invited.” He wishes to come and his arrival is possible,” a diplomatic source told AFP today.
Numerous European leaders have already confirmed that they will attend: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Polish Presidents Andrii Duda, Croatian Zoran Milanovic, Bulgarian Rumen Radev, Estonian Alar Karis, Finnish Alexander Stubbs, her Lithuanian Gitana Nausenda.
Among those expected to be crowned are Belgium’s royal couple Philippe and Mathilde, as well as Prince Albert of Monaco.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Georgian President Salome Zourabisvili will also attend, as will Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, Kosovo President Viosa Osmani and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
African leaders will also arrive in Paris for this event of global proportions, including Congolese President Sassou Nguesso, Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekendi, Gabon President Brice Olighi Nguema and Togo President Faure Gnassingbe.
Von der Leyen ‘will not attend’
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will not attend the reopening ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, a representative of the Commission said today, contrary to yesterday’s update on the program of the President of the Commission.
On Thursday, at a press conference, the Commission had announced von der Leyen’s presence at the ceremony in Paris, but there had been “poor internal communication”. Ursula von der Leyen “will not be in Paris,” the spokesman finally said on Friday afternoon.
The president of the Commission has just concluded in Montevideo a free trade agreement with the bloc of Latin American countries, Mercosur.
France’s opposition to such an agreement was and is fierce.
Macron’s meetings before the inauguration
French President Emmanuel Macron will receive US President-elect Donald Trump and, immediately after, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace tomorrow Saturday.
The presidency did not give any clarification on whether there will be a tripartite meeting of the presidents. It is also unclear whether Trump will meet with Zelensky. This would be their first meeting since the US presidential election in November.
