The mayor of Paris, Socialist Anne Hidalgo will not run in the next municipal elections in 2026although he will continue in his position until the last day of his mandate, and then he intends to continue in active politics “helping the emergence of a social democratic and environmental force.”
In an interview published this Tuesday by the newspaper Le MondeHidalgo explains that his decision to resign from a third term at the head of the Paris City Council I had taken it for a long time and has always maintained the idea that two “were enough to carry out profound changes”.
The Franco-Spanish politician, who is 65 years old and has been mayor since April 2014, will support the senator and president of the socialist group in the City Council, Rémi Féraud, as future first mayor, instead of his deputy Emmanuel Grégoire, from whom he has distanced himself significantly in recent times, although he points out that It will be the party members who will choose the candidate.
Hidalgo emphasizes that will serve as mayor “until the last day” and that in the remaining 15 months he intends to conclude what is pending “without slowing down in the fight against climate change.”
He states that there has been “a clear improvement” during his tenure in securityalthough he admits that “extremely difficult” places remain, particularly in the 19th district in an area where many crack users and those who sell them drugs go.
Justify the volume of municipal debt, which is increasing constantly and will be around €9.3 billion by the end of 2025. In his opinion, it remains within “reasonable limits” and, above all, he insists that “what would not be sustainable would be not investing in the ecological transition and housing.”
Regarding her political future after the 2026 municipal elections, the socialist politician affirms that He hopes to continue working with his party and also with Raphaël Glucksmannthe independent candidate who led the candidacy supported by the socialists in the European elections in June, and who in his opinion could “take the leadership” of the “social democratic and environmentalist” force for which he plans to work.
In any case, she assures that she will not be a candidate for the French presidential elections again after In 2022 he obtained a humiliating result of 1.7% at the head of the socialists.
Hidalgo clearly marks its distance from La Francia Insumisa of Jean-Luc Melenchonwhich is now the first group on the left for its parliamentary representation in France: “we are not at all in the same securities register” as shown by his proposal to annul the law on the apology of terrorism.
Asked if the socialists should vote on a motion of censure against the government of the conservative prime minister, Michel Barnierthe socialist mayor responds that she is not in that line, that despite the disagreements with him, understands the problems of the municipalities, which has made “many interesting proposals” to the mayors.
Therefore, his position is that “you have to negotiate and obtain important advances (with Barnier) in public services and the ecological transition.
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