“Finally!” Exclaims Anne Hidalgo. We were stamping! The outgoing mayor (PS) and candidate for his re-election officially left for a lightning campaign this Monday evening.
After announcing her candidacy for the Parisien this weekend, she gathered more than 600 supporters on the barge and Fluctuart floating art center, moored at the Port du Gros Caillou (VII th), on the quays of the Seine. A highly symbolic site, at the heart of the controversies yesterday, during their pedestrianization, and today acclaimed by pedestrians and cyclists. A grand setting with breathtaking views of the river and the Alexandre III bridge.
Don't cry victory too quickly
Above his desk one can read "Veni Vidi Vinci" on a work of street art. A message of conquest for the outgoing mayor who is seeking a second term. But no question of declaring victory too quickly. “We have read a lot in the press that Anne Hidalgo had a boulevard in front of her. But that should not suggest that it is already won, ”warns the spokesperson for Paris en Commun and former journalist Audrey Pulvar who hosts the evening.
In the wake of her first announcements - a 100% bicycle city with its pedestrianized historic center and its refurbished doors - the candidate focused her speech on ecological urgency. “We have taken the first steps. But we will go even further, "she said, promising" to reduce the size of the car. There will be no break. ”
The climatologist Jean Jouzel by his side
She thanked her list leaders sitting in front of her and Jean Jouzel, the climatologist, former vice-president of the intergovernmental group of experts on climate change (IPCC), who chairs its support committee. " It's urgent. There is a long way to go and that is what Anne is proposing, ”insists the scientist.
On the giant aquarium-like barge took place 600 supporters and personalities: the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the former Minister of Housing Emmanuelle Cosse, the director Jean-Michel Ribes, the humorist Christophe Alévêque or again the historian Alexandre Adler.
Patrick Pelloux fan
The emergency doctor Patrick Pelloux, ex-chronicler of Charlie Hebdo, engaged from the first hour in Paris en Commun is also present. “I find it great. Thanks to her, years of life expectancy will be saved for Parisians, ”he ignites.
