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Anne Hidalgo, PS mayor of Paris. © Gabrielle CEZARD/SIPA
Anne Hidalgo in Paris, is it almost over? According to information from Chained duck this Wednesday, October 30, the PS mayor of the capital will not run for a third term during the 2026 municipal elections. But she has already found a base… in Brussels where she could take the head of a environmental foundation created by billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
The 65-year-old councilor would have met the former mayor of New York and visited his structure in September 2024. A professional contract would have even already been signed. “She’s fed up. She’s been here for almost twenty-five years. She never really recovered from her failure to the presidential election. And, in any case, since her election in 2014, she has been very internationally oriented,” explains a socialist elected official to the satirical weekly.
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“Unfounded rumor”
After the revelations of Canard, Anne Hidalgo’s entourage was quick to try to put out the fire. “Nothing of the kind in question, much less signed!” “, asserts one of his relatives to the Parisian, while his cabinet denounces a “unfounded rumor”. According to them, the meeting between the social mayor and the billionaire would not be exceptional, since both are part of the “Cities Climate Leadership Group”, a collective fighting the climate crisis which includes some 96 cities around the world. .
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In any case, this potential departure of the socialist could more than ever launch the great battle of the municipal elections of 2026. Many contenders could reveal themselves in the coming weeks, notably Emmanuel Grégoire, former first deputy of Anne Hidalgo elected deputy last July, or Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture and mayor of the 7th arrondissement of the capital.
