During their first debate, the 7 main candidates for mayor of Paris fought a substantive battle Wednesday evening on LCI. All of them had prepared for this confrontation, and the exchanges, which were sometimes tense, gave rise to a few notable outings.
Buzyn does not live in the same city as Hidalgo
"We need islands of freshness in this city otherwise we will die there , " asserts the former Minister of Health to discuss the need to take action against the heat waves that will multiply.
"I have the impression with Madame Hidalgo that we do not live in the same city" , says Agnès Buzyn while the outgoing mayor spoke of a "peaceful city" during his mandate.
"Mrs. Hidalgo proposes to do in her mandate what she did not do in her previous mandate", she still targets about the outgoing mayor.
Dati, latrines, apnea and Père Lachaise
“I run on the bank tracks and on certain sections, I go snorkeling. I do not do it but I am suitable for diving. These are open pit latrines , ” Rachida Dati attacks to denounce the dirt and the state of the tracks on the bank.
Candidate LR, who has the wind in its sails in the polls, goes on with shock sentences. This time to denounce the insecurity for cyclists in Paris. "How do you do when you get to the end of the rue de Rivoli cycle path?" You can finish at Père Lachaise ”.
Hidalgo, metro, ghetto and the coronavirus
During her presentation at the beginning of the debate, Anne Hidalgo gets tangled up when she wants to explain her journey by metro to come to LCI: "Line 3 or line 9" , she hesitates. If the outgoing mayor is the main target of the other candidates, she also shoots a few arrows. Rachida Dati attacks it on social housing and launches that Anne Hidalgo created ghettos in Paris, the socialist replies: "It is certain that the 7th is not a ghetto of social housing" ( district of which Rachida Dati is the mayor and which only has around 2% social housing ).
At the end of the debate, the candidates are questioned to find out whether Paris is prepared for the coronavirus epidemic. Anne Hidalgo does not miss the opportunity to scratch the candidate LREM. "Unfortunately you are no longer in the ministry to oversee all this. Why not stay there? » , She says to Agnes Buzyn. A little earlier, she had thrown him another spade. Responding to the former minister on the issue of traffic jams, "almost as old as Paris", she tackled: "not too many reproaches anyway" , as a warning to Buzyn's method on the burning file of the public hospital. His opponent does not say a word.
Villani, bobbies and presidential education
"Bobbies in London are fitted with large batons that command respect . " The dissident LREM candidate uses this example when discussing the need for an armed municipal police, or not. Calls on him to be armed - or not - depending on the nature of their mission.
Cédric Villani, at the end of the broadcast, tackles severely Agnès Buzyn, who had to replace at short notice at the top of the LREM Benjamin Griveaux list. She assures that it is by “want to be mayor”, he lets loose that it was rather “by presidential instruction” that she presented herself.
Federbusch, the discard pile and whooping cough
"People caught pertussis in the 19th and 20th centuries" . The candidate of the National Gathering (RN, ex FN) evokes the presence of this disease in Paris to denounce the excessive presence of migrants. Still on this theme, Serge Federbusch believes that the mayor of Paris is responsible for the situation. “Mrs. Hidalgo invited the refugees. "
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He targets the outgoing mayor a lot. “On security, we are witnessing a discarding festival. For Ms. Hidalgo it is never her fault, " he said after she drew a parallel between the decrease in the number of national police in Paris (the responsibility of the government) and the increase in crime.
Simonnet, scooters and the Olympic Games
"Scooters are an ecological aberration" , annoys the candidate of rebellious France who wants to ban free-floating.
"Between an ecological city and the Olympic Games, you have to choose," explains Danielle Simonnet, who wants to organize a referendum to cancel the 2024 Olympic Games.
On the concrete, excessive in her eyes, of the city, the candidate challenges the record of 20,000 trees planted. "We're waiting for the real numbers. How many trees uprooted? Anne Hidalgo pouted.
Belliard, pollution and cameras
"We are dying of pollution," insists the candidate of Europe Ecologie-les Verts to explain that we must strongly reduce the car in Paris.
"When a policy does not work, we change it," says David Belliard, who believes that CCTV cameras are useless. "Today there are 32,000 cameras in Paris, the network is extremely important and insecurity is on the rise."