A staunch opponent of the sale of the Parc des Princes to PSG, Anne Hidalgo has just announced that she will not run for mayor of Paris in 2026. Enough to relaunch the stadium file?
What if PSG ultimately stayed at the Parc des Princes and abandoned its plan to build a new stadium elsewhere? Eager to buy the stadium it is currently renting to expand and modernize it, PSG has been facing for months the categorical refusal of the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo to sell it the Porte de Saint-Cloud enclosure.
At odds with Al-Khelaïfi, Hidalgo will not run again in 2026
At the start of 2024, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi therefore announced that PSG was forced to ” to move “ du Parc and build a new stadium elsewhere to continue its expansion and not be left behind by its European competitors. But in two years, there will be new municipal elections in France and the outgoing mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (PS) has just announced that she will not run again in 2026.
If his successor, whatever his political side, could very well also oppose the sale of the Parc des Princes to PSG, Hidalgo's departure will at least make it possible to reopen the dialogue between the town hall and the club, which does not have not spoken to each other for months, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi believing that he had been betrayed by Anne Hidalgo, who had long promised to sell him the Park before changing her mind.
If Al-Khelaïfi has repeated in recent days that he “didn’t do politics” and did not count on a potential change of mayor in 2026 to deal with the stadium file, L'Equipe assures in its edition of the day that PSG has never completely abandoned the idea of buying the Parc des Princes and intends of course a change of majority to try to acquire it.
In her interview with Le Monde, Anne Hidalgo announced that she had chosen PS senator Rémi Féraud to succeed her and if the latter were to be elected, there was little chance that he would be for a sale of the Parc des Princes. Former Hidalgo deputy, Emmanuel Grégoire should also run in the municipal elections, but has never declared himself in favor of selling the stadium to PSG.
Rachida Dati not opposed to a sale of the Park
Current Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati (LR) has never opposed a sale of the Park during the debates on the subject at the Paris Council. The current mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris was also present at the inauguration of the PSG Campus last week and tweeted immediately: “PSG must stay in Paris”.
Could a possible change of majority at Paris town hall therefore allow PSG to buy the Park? “I'm not sure that's enough. estimates a Parisian elected official in L'Equipe. Several right-wing advisors were also opposed to it. But the change of mayor should at least make it possible to recreate the conditions for dialogue because, today, we are in a personal conflict between Hidalgo and Al-Khelaïfi, and neither wants to take the first step. »
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