‘Consensus’ on recreating Notre Dame spire: minister

There is a “large consensus” that the spire of the fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris should be rebuilt to resemble its former self, France’s culture minister said Thursday, as a panel prepared to make a definitive decision. Newly-minted Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot told French radio “there was a large consensus in public opinion and among those deciding” for the 96-metre (315-foot) spire to be rebuilt as it was.