the much criticized record of Anne Hidalgo in Paris

« Game over. Hidalgo throws in the towel ! » On his X account, #SaccageParis welcomed the news with some relief. For years, this movement of « citizens united so that the capital becomes beautiful and clean again », as he defines himself, keeps a veritable catalog of what is wrong in Paris. Each publication on the social network testifies to the negative results, according to him, of Anne Hidalgo in terms of cleanliness, development of public spaces and security in the City of Lights.

What will we remember from the two mandates of the elected socialist, who announced that she wanted to hand over in 2026? His many detractors who love “authentic Paris” will accuse him of having made the capital ugly. First with risky aesthetic choices, such as the famous wooden crate planters at the foot of trees or the proliferation of terraces – more or less ephemeral – of restaurants on public roads. We…