The iconic Parisian landmark suffered a devastating fire on Monday, with the blaze destroying two-thirds of the ancient cathedral’s roof, its clock and its 300-foot spire.
Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen has called the fire which engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral a « tragic symbol » of the « apocalyptic loss of values we are witnessing in the Western world, » AP has reported, citing an excerpt from an interview set to be broadcast on Hungarian news channel Hir TV next week.
According to Semjen, France’s « secularist, anti-church policy is also deeply responsible » for Monday’s fire.
« May God allow this tragedy to be a sign which shakes up the French nation, not just regarding the reconstruction of the church but also in terms of their own national self-esteem, their own history, their own Frenchness and their own Christianity, » the politician, who is also the head of Hungary’s Christian Democratic Party, said.
