By Ikrame Daoudi
Published
January 20 at 11:52 a.m.
Yannick Jadot announced this January 20, in an interview given to Parisian, his candidacy for mayor of Paris in 2026. The politician will be able to count on the support of his partner. But actually, who is she?
The candidate for the last presidential election is targeting the capital's Town Hall. This January 20, the environmentalist senator from Paris, Yannick Jadot, announced during an interview with The Parisian his candidacy for mayor of Paris in 2026. Anyone who hopes to succeed Anne Hidalgo must first convince his camp. But to accompany and support him, Yannick Jadot will be able to count on the support of his partner, who is far from being unknown. Indeed, he has shared his life with the journalist specializing in ecological subjects, Isabelle Saporta for several years. The couple met on the set of BFMTV. After having frequented the editorial offices of Marianne, France Inter or RMC, she had resigned from her position at RTL following the revelation of her relationship with the politician.
“It was extremely brutal. After the 2019 European elections, we wanted to formalize our relationship. It's normal that she is by my side. The next day, RTL asked him to leave (…)”had entrusted Yannick Jadot to Closer in 2022. In this same interview, the 57-year-old senator also explained that he did not live under the same roof as his partner. If the candidate for mayor of Paris has two sons, the journalist also has children of her own. “We each have busy lives and Isabelle largely takes responsibility for her daughters. We try to see each other as much as possible without it becoming an obligation”he declared. A lifestyle that seems to suit Yannick Jadot, who explained that he sometimes needed to be alone.
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Yannick Jadot confides in his partner Isabelle Saporta
In this same interview, Yannick Jadot confided that his relationship with Isabelle Saporta was based on frankness: “ She tells me frankly what she thinks of what I do, and, sometimes, the debates are heated », he declared before adding: “She is capable of being very tough and very cash.” The politician also indicated last February that he no longer wished to appear publicly alongside him. “ Isabelle Saporta, my partner, lost a lot due to my political career », Explained the ecologist, during an interview broadcast on LCI.
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