The two men, former colleagues at Matignon, wish to strengthen their local roots between now and the 2026 municipal elections. Anne Hidalgo’s first deputy is the favorite against the outgoing deputy, former minister of Emmanuel Macron.
In the 7e constituency of Paris, east of the capital, the two main contenders for the deputy cross paths almost daily. For example on the terrace of the Café Français, on the Place de la Bastille, to meet journalists; every Tuesday and Friday along Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, in the 11e district, for the unmissable towing at the Popincourt market where local residents flock. Between the outgoing candidate of the presidential majority, former advisor and then minister of Emmanuel Macron, Clément Beaune, and his competitor from the New Popular Front, Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy of Anne Hidalgo, the tone is courteous, despite the electoral standoff . « We were friends »explains the socialist.
“Duel left against left”
The two men did not actually wait to confront each other here to get to know each other. The vagaries of political life brought Clément Beaune and Emmanuel Grégoire together in 2012 in the office of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. The former…
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