Officially, there are still two possible paths for the left in view of the 2026 municipal elections in Paris. The first is simple and clearly defined: Anne Hidalgo declares herself a volunteer for a third term and her candidacy is imposed a priori without debate. If in the 2020 municipal elections the mayor's base still seemed fragile, four years later she has a completely different aura, nourished by the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the increasingly obvious transformation of the capital. . Only environmentalists, faithful to their line of independence, will not automatically rally.
The second path, that of a non-candidacy of the outgoing mayor, is cluttered with political thicket and full of uncertainties. Since her re-election in 2020, this path has always seemed the most likely, Anne Hidalgo having suggested that her second term would be her last, a hypothesis reinforced by her failure in the 2022 presidential election, where she had gathered 1.75%. voices. But nothing has ever been explicitly done and, less than a year and a half before the municipal elections, the elected representatives of the Parisian majority are stalling while waiting for their leader to take the first step towards one or the other direction. .
We are therefore always forced to read between the lines and interpret the implicit signals sent by everyone. The latest, the three words released by Rémi Féraud, socialist senator of Paris, former mayor of 10e district and faithful among the faithful of Anne Hidalgo, in Parisian and to all those who asked for confirmation: “I'm getting ready. »
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But still? “It’s not my place to speak”confines himself to saying the one who followed in the wake of Anne Hidalgo from the 2014 campaign. Above all, do not offend or constrain the chief councilor who, moreover, did not take this little step forward, which could suggest that it was she who pushed him. “When you don't represent yourself, you have to prepare your succession and the one who approves of it the most is Rémi Féraud”confirms Patrick Bloche, first deputy mayor, and one of the few not to eye his position. However, let us not think that the die is cast, “Anne Hidalgo wants to give herself freedom of choice”he assures. Enjoy the luxury of being “position of strength” after the Games before formally confirming his decision, which would have already been made for a while.
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