Paris (AFP)
The socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo defends, in an interview to Paris Match to appear Thursday, its balance sheet and works in the capital, to "build the city of tomorrow."
While the high number of building sites in Paris has become a theme of campaign and tension a few months of municipal, the outgoing mayor recognizes that "the work was numerous and the real embarrassment, I am aware."
But "Paris without building site, it does not exist!", She adds, noting that "only 7% of them are in the City, for example, the work on the network of cold and heat are not They will allow us to lower our level of emission of greenhouse gases, and I will not oppose it! "
She also defends the many road works that "will make more space for bicycles and pedestrians.And yes, I assume: I build the city of tomorrow," insists Ms. Hidalgo.
The mayor of Paris who, six months from the municipal elections, has not yet indicated whether she would be a candidate, explains that she has "still plans to deliver."
Asked about her policy, much criticized, to reduce the place of the car in the capital, the mayor says it will not "slow down under the pretext that the election arrives. (...) I will never compromise with the danger climate ".
While the capital loses between 10,000 and 12,000 inhabitants a year, according to official figures, and that the question of housing will be as central in the campaign, Mrs. Hidalgo specifies that "the Parisian population has always undergone variations, on the rise or the decline ".
"The city is not losing its attractiveness or quality of life, as international rankings show: Paris is still at the top of the podium!", She says.
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