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Paris: at the Hôtel de Ville, we would like to forget the mess on the reconfinement

2021-03-08T18:08:17.067Z


A week after the confusion over a potential reconfinement of the capital, Anne Hidalgo and her first deputy want to give the image


"But what happened?

"In the corridors of the Town Hall, members of cabinets and elected officials are still trying to understand how Anne Hidalgo and Emmanuel Grégoire, his first deputy, found themselves defending opposing positions on a subject as important as the potential reconfinement of Paris.

“Me, I think she sent it to the fire.

She was on vacation at the time.

And faced with the outcry caused by the proposal formulated by Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo preferred to go back and disavow it, ”decrypts a member of the executive.

"He has an omnipresent side which can annoy some"

At the Town Hall, several deputies noticed that in all this disorder, Patrick Bloche, the deputy (PS) in charge of Education hastened to take the defense of Anne Hidalgo and to make Emmanuel Grégoire responsible for the communication hiccup.

“Patrick Bloche does not let go of the mayor of a sole and knows how to make himself indispensable to her.

He is the Mazarin he thinks he is, but from there to take the place of Emmanuel Grégoire… ”, chuckles an assistant.

Still, the first deputy found very few elected to defend him last week.

Would this reflect his isolation within the team?

“He has an omnipresent side that can annoy some.

There should be allies in the executive.

But Anne would find it difficult to replace him: nobody has what it takes within the team, ”notes an assistant.

Will this episode leave traces between Anne Hidalgo and her first deputy?

Is there any discomfort between them?

"She can have complete confidence in me", replies Emmanuel Grégoire.

"Everything is going very well", comments in the entourage of the mayor.

“If she had things to say to Emmanuel Grégoire, she did.

But Emmanuel is an essential cog.

He has an innate sense of organization and does an incredible job, ”said Patrick Bloche, deputy (PS) in charge of the Council of Paris today.

"Emmanuel dreams of being mayor of Paris"

Until when will the Hidalgo-Grégoire pair work?

At the start of Anne Hidalgo's first term of office, her first deputy Bruno Julliard was also ready to defend the mayor of Paris on any issue until he no longer supported the mayor's mode of governance and decides to slam the door.

Could Emmanuel Grégoire also end up distancing himself?

“It would surprise me: Emmanuel dreams of being mayor of Paris.

And if he continues to swallow snakes without flinching and to defend the multiple changes of position on all subjects, Anne will choose him as his successor.

Loyalty to her is the only thing that matters to her, ”comments a former assistant to Anne Hidalgo.

Source: leparis

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