Anne Hidalgo will not be a candidate in 2026 for a third term as mayor of Paris and evokes PS senator Rémi Féraud to prepare her succession, she announces in a daily interview The World published this Tuesday, November 26.
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“ I will not run for a third term. It’s a decision I made a long time ago », declared Anne Hidalgo, current mayor of Paris since 2014 in the columns of Worldputting an end to several months of suspense over his candidacy. “ I have always believed that two mandates were enough to carry out profound changes. », Adds the outgoing mayor, 65 years old, whose second term will have been marked by the popular success of the Olympic Games in the heart of the city in the summer of 2024.
“ Mayor until the last day »
Less than a year and a half before the municipal elections, Anne Hidalgo assures that it will be “ mayor until the last day, with the same energy » that upon her arrival at City Hall where she succeeded the socialist Bertrand Delanoë in March 2014, becoming the first woman to lead Paris. She said she wanted to announce her decision “ early enough ” by ” respect » for Parisians and to prepare “ a serene transmission » worn by the socialist senator Rémi Féraud, one of his great followers.
At 53, the former mayor of the 10th arrondissement who chairs the municipal majority group in the Paris Council, “ has the necessary solidity, seriousness and ability to come together », According to Anne Hidalgo. “ Rémi aims to become the next mayor of Paris. But it’s not me who decides (…). It will be up to the Parisian socialist activists to decide “, she said.
“ Helping the emergence of a social democratic and ecological force »
Her former first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire, who became a deputy and with whom she was at odds, declared himself a candidate last week, with the support of 450 socialist activists. “ I’m not a presidential candidate at all » of 2027, specifies the former PS candidate which had recorded a historically low score in the 2022 presidential election. After 2026, she instead wishes “ help the emergence of a social democratic and ecological force » with the PS, but also with MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, leader of Place publique, who in his eyes could “ take leadership » of this force. “ At the same time, I will continue to invest in climate justice issues, nationally and internationally. », indicates Anne Hidalgo who, according to The Chained Duckcould take the helm of the Bloomberg foundation in Brussels.
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