The Paris deputy Emmanuel Grégoire, former first deputy of Anne Hidalgo today at odds with her, will be a candidate for mayor of Paris for the 2026 municipal elections, he declared to Agence France-Presse ( AFP) Monday November 18 in the evening. “To ease tensions, to continue the essential transformations, I want to be the mayor of the reconciliation of Parisians in this city”explained Mr. Grégoire.
He already has the support of 450 socialist activists from the Paris federation, who have launched an appeal in his favor.
“We want, for tomorrow, a Paris that protects against real estate speculation, which continues to transform. A city that invests massively in our children's schools, which ensures quality health for all. A Paris that makes adaptation to climate change a priority, while continuing to invest massively in everyday public services”they wrote in their appeal, of which AFP had a copy.
“For this, we are convinced that Emmanuel Grégoire is best placed, within the socialist family and more broadly on the left, to carry this project in the face of the risk of a hard right”they add.
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Anne Hidalgo maintains the suspense
The 46-year-old MP, who inflicted a scathing defeat on the outgoing Macronist MP and ex-minister Clément Beaune, by winning the 7e constituency of Paris with 50.87% of the votes in the first round, has for a long time been seen as the incontestable runner-up to Anne Hidalgo. But relations with the former socialist presidential candidate have become strained and both are now at odds.
Mme Hidalgo, 65, continues to maintain the suspense over a possible third candidacy in 2026. “The time has not yet come”she recently declared in an interview with AFP.
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But a relative assures that she “doesn’t want to run again, that’s pretty clear to everyone”. According to this same source, she decided to support the Socialist Party (PS) senator from Paris Rémi Féraud. The latter also indicated to Parisian that he “prepared”.
Mme Hidalgo criticizes Mr. Grégoire for his proximity to the boss of the PS, Olivier Faure, whom she accuses of being responsible for her defeat in the 2022 presidential election, and of having made an alliance with La France insoumise.
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