Your trust will be our strength. Thank you Paris
, tweeted Anne Hidalgo. The Socialist allied with the Greens and the Communists widened the gap in the second round of the municipal at Paris Sunday June 28. With 48.7% of the vote, it is ahead Rachida Dati (LR) 33.8% and Agnes Buzyn (LREM) 13.3% which declined compared to the first round.
Badly managed dramas, scrambles and files
The first woman elected mayor of Paris has nevertheless had to face headwinds since her election in 2014. First dramas with attacks: those of Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan in 2015. But also political quarrels. In September 2018, Bruno Julliard, his first assistant slams the door. Whoever has been by his side since his election in 2014 castigates his inconsistency and a way of governing by instinct
as well as his exchange and listening deficit
. Everything seems to gang up on her.
There are also badly managed files. If the Parisians favor the pedestrianization of the ways on bank, they also denounce a badly maintained city. In September 2019, an English daily The Guardian describes Paris as the dirty man of Europe
. Several flagship files turned into a fiasco: Autolib ‘then the Vélib’ with a new dealer who is struggling to fulfill its obligations.
Fighter
Few political observers then bet on his re-election. It is to forget his fighting spirit. This labor inspector born in Spain, daughter of an electrician and a seamstress has some punch. She does not allow herself to be brought down.
His lead last night is also a default victory. As for La République en Marche, the cast was bad from the start with a candidate Benjamin Griveaux who never found the right tone with the Parisians and then had to resign in disaster. Replaced by Agnès Buzyn Minister of Health who resigned from his post at the same time as a health crisis began. We couldn’t straighten the bar
, recognized Gilles Le Gendre last night.
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