who are the main candidates ready to succeed Anne Hidalgo?

POLITICS – Like Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris before her, Anne Hidalgo will only serve two terms. After ten years at the head of the capital, the socialist announced this November 26 in an interview with Monde that she will not seek the confidence of voters again. Satisfied to have led “ profound changes »particularly in the fight against global warming, and after the Olympic Games generally described as successful, the former presidential candidate promises that she will remain mayor. until the last day “. Before completely putting the tricolor scarf in the closet, she still takes care to organize her estate.

Rémi Féraud, the heir

His foal is him. Senator since 2017, president of the Paris group in common on the municipal council, Rémi Féraud is favored by Anne Hidalgo. “I know him well, I have appreciated him for a very long time. He is the one who will be able to carry our history and reinvent a future for Paris”she maintains in the columns of Monde. At 53, the former mayor of the 10th arrondissement of Paris has all the advantages of being at the top of his class: he studied at the MJS and distinguished himself by the construction of social housing or the creation of ” shooting rooms “. Behind his round glasses, he intends to be part of “a logic of transmission” with the outgoing mayor and explained to AFP that he wanted “the history of the left in Paris that began in 2001 continues”. Rémi Féraud received the support (important although symbolic) from the first secretary of the Parisian PS, Lamia El Aaraje, deputy for urban planning to the mayor in charge of “ Paris 2030 ».

Emmanuel Grégoire, the emancipated

He was Anne Hidalgo's favorite. For a long time, it was obvious between them. He has “the skills to become mayor”swore the mayor in 2022 to Liberation. Two years earlier, she had even asked him to give up the town hall of the 12th arrondissement, which he had just won, to support her at City Hall and better prepare to succeed him. But woes. The failure of the Socialist in the presidential election (1.75%) put distance between them. The supposed weakness of Emmanuel Grégoire when taking a position against Olivier Faure at the PS congress in 2023 marks the separation. What his inauguration in the legislative elections (with the approval of the PS leadership, therefore) only made worse. Today, the mayor does not mince her words: “Emmanuel Grégoire has chosen to join the National Assembly to take up the fight against the extreme right: there will likely be a dissolution by the end of 2025. We cannot be a candidate for everything”. Now a deputy for the 11th arrondissement, Emmanuel Grégoire leaves with solid support (MEP Emma Rafowicz, MP for Paris Céline Hervieu), not to mention the 450 activists who, in Paris, have already given him their support. After announcing to be ” ready ” on franceinfo, he is organizing his first campaign event this November 26, in a bistro in the 11th arrondissement. A campaign clip was also broadcast on social networks, where Emmanuel Grégoire appears jogging.

Ian Brossat, the challenger

In the middle of the probable standoff between the two men, which will be decided as expected by a vote of Parisian activists, a third name is seeking to find a place in the sun. Communist senator Ian Brossat, former deputy of Anne Hidalgo in charge of housing, also looks intently at City Hall. “I want to engage in the battle for Paris”he declared on November 21 in an interview with Humanity. Leader of the PCF group on the Paris Council, he intends to defend a Paris “socially mixed” et ” blend “. He imagines himself as a rampart against “hatred of foreigners”au “rejection of ecology” and to “social egoism”. But does he have any chance of winning? In the European elections, the list he supported, the one supported by Léon Deffontaines, only garnered a paltry 1.39% of the votes in Paris. Against 22.89% for that of Raphaël Glucksmann, supported by the PS. If there were to be a balance of power, it would be clearly to the disadvantage of the communist.

Rachida Dati, the revenger

She thinks about it day and night. And wants his revenge. After losing in 2020 to her great rival Anne Hidalgo, Rachida Dati would like to settle once and for all in the chair of mayor of the capital. A good way to win, she believes, would be for the right and the Macronists to unite in the first round around her candidacy. But Rachida Dati is caught up in business. Prosecuted for corruption in part of the Carlos Ghosn affair, she has lost weight since her group was demoted to second position within the Parisian opposition. Half of the elected officials actually left the ship this summer, preferring to join a new group around former Horizons MP Pierre-Yves Bournazel. Which is also very seriously considering launching into the municipal race.

David Belliard, the hesitant

Will the environmentalist listen to his troops? Green activists in Paris expressed the desire for a union in the first round. Which could thwart the plans of the current Deputy for Transport, who stood as a candidate in 2020, before lining up behind Anne Hidalgo in the second round, and who could hope to repeat the experience in 2026. “It’s a small revolution for us who have always preferred to present an independent list in the first round”he confirms to AFP. Other ecologists could be tempted to dive into the deep end of municipal elections, including Yannick Jadot. Finally, the vagueness remains around La France insoumise. The movement is not a member of the Parisian majority and is in opposition to Anne Hidalgo. Will MP Sophia Chikirou, close to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, be a candidate? A year and a half before the elections, the ball of contenders has only just begun.

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