INTERVIEW – The candidate supported by Anne Hidalgo in the municipal elections informs the Figaro of its programmatic priorities. In particular, he undertakes to control the debt, without excluding recourse to the tax stick.
Rémi Féraud is a socialist senator from Paris and candidate to succeed Anne Hidalgo – who supports him – in 2026.
Your application is came as a surprise including in your camp. How did you decide?
My application comes from afar. I thought about it a lot this summer with those close to me and I spoke about it with Anne Hidalgo when she told me that she would not be a candidate, just after the Paralympic Games. I respect everyone's agenda and have always been at the service of the collective. This is my personality and my conception of political life.
Contrary to Emmanuel Grégoire the former first PS deputy of Anne Hidalgo, who is also a candidate?
He decided to move away from Anne Hidalgo and City Hall by becoming a deputy. When you make a choice, you have to make it completely. He cannot chase two hares at once, especially as a probable dissolution approaches in the summer. I hope he will end up supporting my candidacy. Six mayors…
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