Anne Hidalgo disappears in Paris, the war on the left begins

Anne Hidalgo has therefore decided: she will not be a candidate for a third term in the 2026 municipal elections in Paris. This decision, which marks the end of an era already a quarter of a century old, caused a small uproar in the capital. Because before being elected mayor of Paris for the first time in 2014, Anne Hidalgo had been the first deputy of another socialist, Bertrand Delanoë, since 2001.

Twenty-five years during which she sought to impose her mark, often by force, with one desire: to transform the city to adapt it to global warming. Over time, his adversaries have mainly seen a rapid deterioration of the capital, coupled with an ever-increasing debt.

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If her decision was made several months ago, well before the Olympic Games, Anne Hidalgo maintained secrecy. Few of those close to him were in the secret. In front of the journalists who questioned her, she enjoyed maintaining ambiguity: « Mayor of Paris is a mandate that fulfills me. » In the corridors of town hall, everyone had their own little prediction. The mayor finally lifted the suspense in an interview with Monde Tuesday morning. « I will not run for a third term. It's a decision I made a long time ago. I have always subscribed to the idea that two mandates were sufficient to bring about profound changes