We are four years away from the next municipal elections. But if 2026 is far away, in Paris, some people already imagine themselves at the Hôtel de Ville… Jean-Rémi Baudot’s political brief.
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For two days, Anne Hidalgo has been attacked after the announcement of the increase in the property tax in Paris. Blessed bread for her opposition, which reminds her that she had promised not to raise taxes. A simple and effective controversy to stage a possible succession at the head of the capital. And the list of contenders to succeed Anne Hidalgo is long.
The most obvious: his dolphin, Emmanuel Grégoire barely hides it. He wants to take over the town hall on an axis “socialist and ecologist“. His main handicap? Having been Anne Hidalgo’s first deputy and finding himself accountable for a balance sheet sometimes decried and mocked… But the left is not limited to the Hidalgo clan. Especially since the rise of the Nupes rebates the cards. The political balances of the last twenty years in Paris have been swept away. In the last legislative elections, France Insoumise came out on top on the left in Paris. And LFI could thus want to try its luck.
For their part, the Greens also think it’s their turn. Since 2001, they have always presented a list. No reason for them not to do so in 2026. The name of ecologist David Belliard, transport assistant, is circulating but in the shadows another pillar of EELV is preparing.
According to our information, Yannick Jadot would see himself running for mayor of Paris. In private, the MEP theorizes that environmentalists have swept up major town halls at the end of political cycles. He cites Bordeaux, Grenoble or Lyon. And according to him, Paris is precisely experiencing the end of the cycle. Yannick Jadot could therefore not try his luck in Brussels in 2024, position himself for a place as a senator while waiting to play Paris.
On the right, Rachida Dati remains the undisputed queen of her camp, an emblematic and media figure of the Parisian right. As for the presidential majority, several names are circulating: Gabriel Attal is credited with intentions. His cabinet denies … for now. According to our information, there are regular exchanges between the Macronist deputy Sylvain Maillard and the ministers Olivia Grégoire and Clément Beaune, both also elected in Paris. Everyone is testing their opportunities.
But all these ambitions forget one parameter. Will Anne Hidalgo really let go of the town hall of Paris in 2026? Despite poor electoral results, she often succeeded in ousting her rivals. “We shouldn’t bury him too quickly.” confided to franceinfo a right-wing district mayor…