2024-02-04 17:24:14
Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy, and the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, in Paris, September 13, 2022. CAMILLE MILLERAND/DIVERGENCE POUR “LE MONDE”
A not at all scientific survey, carried out by us and by SMS, tested THE question with a sample of a few dozen political figures who are important in the Parisian ecosystem: “Today, do you think that Anne Hidalgo will be a candidate for a third Parisian mandate in the 2026 municipal elections? Answer with: “yes”, “no”, “don’t know”. » The question, currently unanswered and yet decisive, haunts the corridors of City Hall; a little more than the result, Sunday February 4 evening, of the vote on the creation of a specific parking rate for SUVs in Paris.
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THE question that no one dares to frankly ask the person concerned while the start of the municipal campaign is conditional on the final decision of the mayor who, with nagging pleasure, casts major doubt on her intentions: “I’m not ruling anything out. (…) I will decide in due time after the Games” Olympics (July 26-August 11) and Paralympics (August 28-September 8), she indicated on the set of the show “Les 4 vérités”, on France 2, January 25. The surprise appointment of her best enemy, Rachida Dati, who is delighted to be minister of culture while confirming that she is leaving rue de Valois to better return to Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, nevertheless accelerates the timetable.
Our consultation is non-scientific. However, 97% of those questioned, after answering, were eager to know the result. Yes: 50%. No: 10%. Don’t know: 40%. For right-wing respondents, the “yes” is unanimous: Anne Hidalgo will not be able to resist a duel with Rachida Dati. The closer we get to the socialist mayor’s entourage, the more the “don’t know” takes it away. Just like their boss. Through their conversations with the socialist mayor, her close friends are convinced that a third term is not her deep desire, but that she will sacrifice herself for the cause if Paris ends up swaying too far to the right.
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In any case, the faithful welcome the form of the mayor who, motivated as rarely, has multiplied since the appointment of the new government on January 11. As if an electoral reconquest tickled her, but shush! Wishes from a potential candidate in the grand salon of the Town Hall, tackles against Rachida Dati who “should be more interested in culture”, while its communications team has discovered the recipe for transparency by now filling journalists with a particularly dense municipal agenda…
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