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Paris: Hidalgo under fire from critics

11/13/2022, 7:27:46 PM


STORY - The PS mayor of the capital sparked a bronca by giving up on her promise not to raise taxes It was the first of Anne Hidalgo's seven main commitments during her last municipal campaign, in 2020. The outgoing PS mayor, candidate for re-election, had promised "not to increase the local tax rates paid by Parisians and the Parisians". However, last Monday, in a letter to its constituents, it announced that the property tax rate would increase “from 13.5% to 20.5% in 2023, an increase of 7 po

It was the first of Anne Hidalgo's seven main commitments during her last municipal campaign, in 2020. The outgoing PS mayor, candidate for re-election, had promised

"not to increase the local tax rates paid by Parisians and the Parisians".

However, last Monday, in a letter to its constituents, it announced that the property tax rate would increase

“from 13.5% to 20.5% in 2023, an increase of 7 points”.

In reality, concretely, for the approximately 30% of owners concerned, the increase will be 52%…

Parisians will remember another promise from 2020, that of not running for president during his term.

“I will not stop repeating it: Paris fills me.

I will not be a presidential candidate, ”

she assured

Le Figaro

in June of that year.

It was a few months before embarking on the Socialist campaign.

At the end of the day, a bitter setback: 1.75% of the votes.

His reversal on taxes makes the…

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