Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris born in Cádiz, is launched for the presidency of France
Anne Hidalgo
is used to breaking glass ceilings, and very high: she has been the first woman
mayor of Paris
and has in her hand also to be the first president of France.
A path that he has undertaken with the promise of rebuilding equal opportunities in the neighboring country, which he considers endangered and fundamental, because it is what has allowed him to lead the Parisian mayor's office for two consecutive terms and begin this race for the presidency.
But it takes more than equal opportunities for a girl born 62 years ago in San Fernando (Cádiz), in a humble family, to aspire to occupy the seat of the Elíseo.
Who is
Anne Hidalgo
?
The current mayor of Paris, since 2014, came to Lyon when she was only two years old.
Her grandfather was a Republican and her father, as she herself told Yo Dona, "a son of war who lived through the family drama, like so many Spanish families."
That is why they took refuge in a borrowed loft "that was always full of people, anarchists, communists, everything; it was very happy."
His father was always a
socialist
.
Those afternoons sowed her passion for politics and her desire to get involved in social issues: "I liked to listen to him (his father), to sit quietly and listen to him."
He also liked to watch his mother, who worked as a
dressmaker
, sew
.
"He made my dresses, in a modest way, he dressed me and my sister. We liked the ritual of trying on the pieces and modifying them like this or like that; in dressing you had to respect others to respect yourself," he explained to Yo Mrs.
Years later, she acquired dual nationality and changed her name
from Ana to Anne,
considering herself French at will.
She studied
law
while working as a nanny to pay for her studies and became a labor inspector.
It was then that he moved to
Paris
, where he began his political career.
Hidalgo, who confesses that he misses the
Cádiz
sun
, shrimp omelettes, small fish and churros, is the mother of three children, two from her first marriage (Mathieu, a lawyer, 34, and Elsa, an engineer, from 32) and Arthur, 18, whom she had with her second husband, Jean Marc Germain, former chief of staff for Martine Audry.
Ecologist and feminist
Friend of
Rossy de Palma
and other characters of the
Madrid Movement
, since she became mayor of Paris
Anne Hidalgo
has led the 'green revolution' by betting on sustainable measures and the use of bicycles, and has as references in her political career to
Hilary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet.
She openly declares herself a
feminist
.
In the first interview given since she announced her candidacy, to the public channel France 2, she addressed especially women: "I want mothers who educate their children alone not to be abandoned to precariousness and insecurity. These women who they have a hard time, they are less paid than men, they will finally obtain full and complete equality of wages ".
Strong and feminine women
Anne Hidalgo
, who publishes the book 'Une femme française' (A French Woman) in just a week, advocates a change in style, at all levels. "Until my generation, women who held positions of authority were masculinized when dressing; now there has been a change and it is possible to present oneself as one wants or as one is, with the position included, dressed in clothes that
do not have to imitate to men
, strong women and femininity are not incompatible, "he explained to Yo Dona.
Imprint of his mother, clothes matter to him.
In fact, Anne donated the tailored suit she wore the day she was elected mayor - black, with straight trousers, a silk blouse and the printed scarf - to
the London Design Museum
, to inaugurate the exhibition
'The Power of Women's Fashion' .
Anne Hidalgo the day she was elected mayor of Paris (2014).
And he remembers with special affection the dress and the light coat with which he received
Queen Elizabeth II
in Paris
.
"Does it matter what you wear?" They asked.
"Yes, because it is your outer presentation, the inner one is invisible."
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