MP Emmanuel Grégoire ready to replace Anne Hidalgo in 2026

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First deputy then deputy and soon mayor of Paris? This is the route that Emmanuel Grégoire seems to want to take for his political career. Monday November 18, 2024, he informed theAFP that he was running for municipal elections in 2026.

“I warned Anne Hidalgo of this decision”

Guest of franceinfo this Tuesday, November 19, 2024, he reiterated his desire to take over from Anne Hidalgo, with whom he has been at odds since his election as deputy for the seventh constituency of the capital in June 2024. A new role which was forced to give up his position of first assistant.

Ambitions which have clearly not warmed up relations. “I warned Anne Hidalgo of this decision, and she did not did not respond to my message », he confided to the microphone of franceinfo. “Paris is the passion of my life,” he continued.

“I want to be the mayor of reconciliation”

If elected, Emmanuel Grégoire's ambition is “to ease tensions, to continue the essential transformations I want to be the mayor of reconciliation for the Parisians of this city.”

He already has the support of 450 socialist activistsof the Paris federation, who launched an appeal in its favor.

“We want, for tomorrow, a Paris that protects against real estate speculation, which continues to transform. A city ​​that invests massively for our children's school, which ensures quality health for all. A Paris that makes adaptation to climate change a priority, while continuing to invest massively in everyday public services,” they write in their appeal, of which AFP has had a copy.

“For this, we are convinced that Emmanuel Grégoire is best placedwithin the socialist family and more broadly on the left, to carry this project against the risk of a hard right,” they add.

For her part, Ms. Hidalgo, 65, continues to maintain the suspense on a possible third candidacy in 2026. “The time has not yet come,” she recently declared in an interview with AFP.

But a relative assures that she “does not want to represent herself, that is quite clear to everyone”. According to this same source, she would have decided to support the PS senator from Paris Rémi Féraud . The latter also indicated to Le Parisien that he was “preparing”.

A vision shared by Emmanuel Grégoire. “She does not wish to serve a third term, she already said it to several people, including me, and I believe her on that. »

According to an Ipsos survey unveiled Monday in Le Parisien on potential candidates for mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgoobtains 28% favorable opinions, behind Gabriel Attal (42%) and Rachida Dati (39%). Emmanuel Grégoirecomes in 4th position, with 16%.

Source AFP.

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