they cancelled the design competition and went with an identical reconstruction: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-recreate-notre-dames-

they cancelled the design competition and went with an identical reconstruction: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-recreate-notre-dames-gothic-spire https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-re... part of the reason was to have it ready for the olympics since a design competition would take a long time.