Did Anne Hidalgo take the metro to get to the LCI debate?

• Asked, like all the other candidates for mayor of Paris invited to the LCI debate, this Wednesday, on the means of transport she had used to get to the set, Anne Hidalgo said she came by metro.
• However, she hesitated, claiming to have taken "line 1 then line 9" before adding "or line 3, I can't remember", which provoked strong reactions from some of her political opponents who accused her to have lied.
• The mayor of Paris, however, took the metro to get to the chain's premises, as 20 Minutes was able to verify.

From her first intervention during "The great confrontation", the debate between seven candidates for mayor of Paris organized by LCI - in partnership with 20 Minutes and RTL -, Anne Hidalgo provoked many reactions on social networks. Particularly among some of his opponents in the municipal elections, such as Marie-Laure Haurel, spokesperson for Agnès Buzyn.

"La Grande confrontation Paris ou Le Grand mensonge Paris? ... Anne Hidalgo supposedly came by metro ... but she no longer remembers which line she came from or which metro station she left", she said. thus tweeted, sharing the video extract of this intervention.

During this introductory sequence, the mayor of Paris had indeed declared, in response to a question from David Pujadas on his "means of transport" to reach the LCI stage: "I came by metro, here it is. Line 1 then line 9… […] or line 3, I can't remember but I went down here, very close ”. And in the process add to David Pujadas being a "regular user" of the metro.

#LaGrandeConfrontationParis or #LeGrandMensongeParis 🤥? ... @ Anne_Hidalgo supposedly came by metro ... but she no longer remembers which line she came from or which metro station she left 😂😂😂😂 👍🏼 # Paris2020 #AvecAgnesBuzyn
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If Anne Hidalgo first mentioned a change on line 9 before resuming to mention line 3, the easiest metro journey from Paris city hall to LCI premises in Boulogne- Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), consists of taking lines 1 then 9. More specifically, according to the RATP website, from the “Hôtel de ville” stop to “Franklin-Roosevelt”, to perform there a change and take line 9 to the "Porte de Saint-Cloud" stop, before walking about ten minutes to the premises - or "five big minutes" depending on the chain.

Anne Hidalgo's supporters did not fail to share, this Thursday, photos of the mayor of Paris in the metro tweeted early in the morning by Eric Plumer, the former head of the service of order of the Socialist Party (and trainer of a certain Alexandre Benalla).

"The photos were taken yesterday"

"Anne Hidalgo in the metro line 1 and 9 exit Porte de Saint Cloud to go to the LCI debate", he said in caption of these two photos respectively showing Anne Hidalgo in the middle of a crowded train, then the mayor from Paris seated on a line 1 seat, alongside notably Audrey Pulvar, a former journalist, who joined her campaign a few months ago.

Anne Hidalgo in the metro line 1 and 9 exit Porte de Saint Cloud to go to the debate Lci pic.twitter.com/NX85BkG2Ll

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If Eric Plumer did not follow up on our requests, Audrey Pulvar confirms this route: "The photos were taken yesterday, we left around 6 pm from City Hall with metro line 1 and then we changed to Franklin-Roosevelt to take the 9. We were many within this small group, including Emmanuel Grégoire [first assistant to Anne Hidalgo]. Between the consultation of her phone and the conversation, Anne Hidalgo was rather guided by the team. "

“At one point, someone in the group took a photo to laugh, and it is Eric Plumer, who ensures the safety of Anne Hidalgo during her campaign. Several people greeted her during the journey, two people wished her good luck on line 1, where we were able to sit because there were not too many people, then on line 9, which was busier ”, continues Audrey Pulvar. And to add: “It would be wrong to say that Anne Hidalgo only travels by metro but we often take it together during the campaign and she likes to walk elsewhere. "

Finally, according to our information, the candidates participating in the debate had been warned in advance that they would be questioned about their mode of transport. What Audrey Pulvar recognizes: “We were told that this question [of means of transport] would be asked. "

Anne Hidalgo's mode of transport had also already been criticized in December 2017, thanks to a video survey of the Caradisiac site, claiming that the mayor of Paris advocated the use of the metro but traveled almost exclusively in car. Contacted by 20 Minutes on this point, the town hall of Paris did not respond to our requests before the article appeared. But she indicated in 2017 to our colleagues at Capital that "to move, Anne Hidalgo regularly alternates modes of transport, depending on what is most practical. "

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