Just over a week away from the second round of the 2020 municipal elections in Paris, sharp gunshots between Rachida Dati (LR) and Agnès Buzyn (LREM) exchanged on Wednesday June 17 have rekindled interest in this long campaign.
The two candidates chained the tackles around the call of Marine Le Pen to choose the candidate LR in Paris. But they managed to agree on only one subject: the poor management, according to them, of the outgoing mayor, Anne Hidalgo.
Accustomed to punchlines, Rachida Dati took care to dismantle point by point the arguments of benevolence, advocated by Agnès Buzyn who notably stated that he wanted to "appease Paris". Parisians do not "need a nanny" immediately replied the candidate LR.
Then, the candidate LREM, who had accused the reelected mayor of the 7th arrondissement of having "reconciled" Jean-Marie and Marine Le Pen around her program, maintained her remarks, and reproached Ms. Dati for having supported Sens commun ( opposed to "marriage for all") or to have made "unspeakable words" about migrants, during a first debate before the second round on Franceinfo, France 3 and France bleu Ile-de-France.
# Municipales2020 in #Paris
🗣 @datirachida from @lesRepublicains on @agnesbuzyn:
"Paris does not need a nanny, Parisians need someone who takes care of improving their daily life"
📺 @EliMartichoux #LaMatinaleLCI pic.twitter.com/EsWgVtuo4l
"A serious attack on my honor"
The RN president had affirmed on June 10 that if she was a voter in Paris, she would vote in the municipal elections for Rachida Dati against Anne Hidalgo, "the worst mayor that can exist".
"It is a serious attack on my honor and what I am," replied Ms. Dati, referring to the period when she "worked with Ms. Simone Veil". "A little decency," interrupted Ms. Buzyn, "you are forced to quote a French icon to justify yourself." "Ms. Buzyn's values are to lie to the French," replied Ms. Dati.
I know that a majority of Parisians want change. I also know that many of you are so disgusted that you no longer want to vote.
Take 10 minutes of your time for the next 6 years!
Change is possible! # ParisLeGrandDébat #DatiPourParis pic.twitter.com/H1wU0FTnQ6
"I think it suits Ms. Dati not to talk about ecology," had also launched earlier Agnès Buzyn. Response: "a little respect, otherwise we can talk about the Covid and the health crisis".
"A facade ecology"
The two candidates nevertheless met to criticize the outgoing mayor for having "concreted" Paris. "You are the mayor who has concreted the most and the environmentalists have swallowed their hats for a few places in an eligible position," said Ms. Dati, referring to the rallying of environmentalists to Anne Hidalgo.
"You practice a facade ecology," whispered Ms. Buzyn, criticizing the "giant flower pots that do not have a policy of revegetation".
On the one hand, we have an outgoing Mayor who promises to do in the next 6 years what she has not done for the last 6. And on the other side a candidate who has no vision for climate change, who lives in the last century. Paris needs change. pic.twitter.com/SYCZYVQtf4
- Agnès Buzyn (@agnesbuzyn) June 17, 2020"I would have loved that your allies did not oppose a strong measure such as the pedestrianization of the banks of the Seine," retorted Ms. Hidalgo, who also praised her record in terms of social housing. "Today, Paris is 80% of the middle and working classes".
Anne Hidalgo came out on top in the 1st round with 29.3% of the votes, ahead of Rachida dati (22.7%) and Agnès Buzyn (17.3%).
With AFP
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