The mayor PS of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who announced this Saturday evening her candidacy for his succession, assured that she will not be "not a presidential candidate of 2022", in an interview granted to the Parisian.
“Can you make a commitment to the Parisians not to run (…) and to devote yourself to your mandate as mayor until 2026? Asks the daily to the outgoing mayor. "Obviously yes! Answers Anne Hidalgo. "I will not be a presidential candidate for 2022. My ambition is Paris. Mayor of Paris is the most beautiful of mandates. "
Springboard for the Elysée
Asked about her relations, which were difficult for a time with President Emmanuel Macron, she said that “we see each other regularly. Our relationships are good, fluid and direct. ” Questioned by AFP, the entourage of the mayor of Paris sweeps with the back of the hand all presidential ambitions, while some opponents suspect it of wanting to use Paris as a springboard for the Elysée.
" It's absurd ! ", Insists a relative of the mayor stressing that" the date that Anne (Hidalgo) has in mind after 2020 is 2024 (date of the Olympic Games in Paris, Editor's note). That's all ". "And when we talk to her about it, she says:" anything "," he adds. Its current First Deputy, Emmanuel Grégoire, judges that "she doesn't want to". In addition, "when you are mayor of Paris, this is not the ideal situation to win the presidential election," he said.
"Paris in common"
Anne Hidalgo formalized this Saturday, two months before the municipal elections, her candidacy for a second term, this time supported by the platform "Paris en Commun" which includes socialists, elected representatives of Generations, communists and personalities from civil society.
On the other hand, the Left Radical Party, which was a member of the outgoing majority, did not join the platform. EELV environmentalists also present their own candidate in the first round.
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