2024-08-06 04:00:21
Paris, the City of Lights, seems to have disappeared as the critical discourse on the capital has prevailed in recent years. Everything is there, from pollution to public transport, parking, safety, culture and projects. His socialist president, Anne Hidalgo, accepted for his position, he did not really help, it is true, by his management style, his difficulty in accepting criticism and his bitter failure during the 2022 presidential election (1.75% of votes).
With the success of the Olympic Games (JO) in Paris, the chosen one received a reward which was not only personal but also deeply political. In front of the athletes of Ukraine who gathered in the Hall, Wednesday, August 1, he forced “Slava Ukraine” [« Gloire à l’Ukraine ! »] in the name of the spirit of Olympism and the defense of democracy. “The people of Paris and the people of France have praised you! »he told them.
In the stands of the exhibition center Porte de Versailles, or on the Place de la Concorde, he observed, with pleasure, this joy that had taken France. In his grand mayor’s office, he expressed pride, anger, relief and many political messages.
Anne Hidalgo came out undoubtedly pumped by this great announcement on a global scale for the city that the former job inspector has led since 2014. “When there is a shared feeling of kinship, of sorority, of humanity, which makes us proud, we Parisians, we French, we are proud!announcing the chosen one. Something really amazing is happening, and even good news, I think, for humanity, because there is a connection between people on something, where they say that it is not completely Damn, we can find together and happy together, we can enjoy. meet people who are different from us. » With this conviction: “The message of ultimate justice is broken through these Games and through [la] celebration [d’ouverture]. »
“All populists enter through the same door”
The mayor has come a long way, and has not really kept it, throughout the two interviews given, Friday August 2 and Monday August 5, in Monde. Doubts? “By taking each other, and sending each other, buckets, buckets and buckets of… [elle s’interrompt]. I will not say the word. [Elle reprend] Buckets of negative things on your face ». But the first eleven days of the Olympics were almost universally praised, in France and abroad, for the love of the opening ceremony and the fact of putting the games in the center of the city. “We achieved this, we didn’t think we had the power. Especially after years of bashing for me, years of the destruction of both a good image of Paris, of what we are together, of the French, of this very specific person who is always looked at with surprise and a little disbelief . »
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