Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, resigns from running for a third term in 2026

The mayor of Paris, the socialist Anne Hidalgowill not run in the next municipal elections in 2026although he will continue in his position until the last day of his mandate, and then he intends to continue in active politics “helping the emergence of a social democratic and environmental force.”

In an interview published this Tuesday by the newspaper Le Monde, Hidalgo explains that he had made his decision to resign from a third term as head of the Paris City Council a long time ago and that he has always maintained the idea that two “were enough to carry out profound changes.”

The Franco-Spanish politician, who is 65 years old and is mayor since April 2014, will support the senator and president of the socialist group in the City Council as future first mayor, Rémi Féraud, instead of the one who was his deputy Emmanuel Gregoire, from whom he has distanced himself significantly in recent times, although he points out that it will be the party members who will choose the candidate.

Hidalgo emphasizes that she will serve as mayor “until the last day” and that the 15 months left intends to complete what is pending “without slowing down in the fight against climate change.”

He claims there has been “clear improvement” during his tenure at the securityalthough he admits that there are still “extremely difficult” places, particularly in the 19th district in an area where many crack users and those who sell them drugs come.

A debt of 9,300 M

Justify the volume of municipal debtwhich increases constantly and will be about 9.3 billion euros at the end of 2025. In his opinion it remains within “reasonable limits” and, above all, he insists that “what would not be sustainable would be not investing in the ecological transition and housing.”

Regarding her political future after the 2026 municipal elections, the socialist politician affirms that she hopes to continue working with her party and also with Raphaël Glucksmann, the independent candidate who led the candidacy supported by the socialists in the European elections in June, and who in his opinion could “take the leadership” of the “social democratic and environmentalist” force for which he plans to work.

In any case, ensure that will not be a candidate for the French presidential elections again after in 2022 he obtained a humiliating result of 1.7% at the head of the socialists.

Hidalgo clearly marks his distances with The Rebellious France from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which is now the first group on the left for its parliamentary representation in France: “We are not at all in the same securities register” as shown by his proposal to annul the law on the apology of terrorism.

Asked if socialists should vote a motion of censure against the government of the conservative prime minister, Michel Barnierthe socialist mayor answers no is on that line, that despite the disagreements with him, he understands the problems of the municipalities, that he has made “many interesting proposals” to the mayors.

Therefore, his position is that “we must negotiate and obtain important advances (with Barnier) in public services and the ecological transition.