The tone rises between the mayor (PS) of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the leader of the opposition LR in the Council of Paris, Rachida Dati.
The two former opponents of the municipal authorities - who maintain ambiguities about their presidential ambitions - are getting loose as ever, in an exchange of letters of which Le Parisien had a copy.
First to draw: Anne Hidalgo.
In a letter sent on March 19, she returns to the incident which opposed the right and the municipal majority on March 10 during a vote on the creation of a place in tribute to the former mayor of the 16th arrondissement, Claude Goasguen.
His successor Francis Szpiner had notably quoted René Char, targeting the Paris advisor (EELV) Alice Coffin: “There is a kind of men who are always ahead of their excrement.
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"Words that contravene my idea of democratic debate", reacts Anne Hidalgo who says she no longer wants to tolerate "the multiplication of incidents during sessions linked to interventions off the microphone, in the form of noisy interjections, vociferations and deliberately aggressive or contemptuous words ”.
Interventions which "occur overwhelmingly when women speak", assures the mayor of Paris who says he wants to "raise" these incidents which, according to her, constitute "an attack on the dignity of the Council of Paris".
"You seem, these days, more concerned with leading a personal adventure"
What to make "deeply perplexed" Rachida Dati who replies to the sulphate on March 29: "Do I remind you that for months, your majority has been giving the spectacle of deep divisions, with cries and vociferations, to resume your vocabulary (...) ?
Above all, the mayor of the 7th arrondissement decides to refer in her letter to the various cases of sexual violence that have targeted several of the elected members of the majority, such as the former deputy mayor Christophe Girard or the former mayor of the 3rd arrondissement Pierre Aidenbaum.
"This climate leads us to think that the proclamations on gender equality which seem to hold your credo only serve to make people forget the serious attacks on the dignity of women on the part of elected officials who are part of the
pillars
of your majority ”, writes Rachida Dati who adds:“ Your recent support for interventions which aim to separate citizens according to their
supposed
race
(sic)
does not appear to me to be able to fall within republican convictions either.
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Accused by the left of absenteeism in the Council of Paris before the municipal elections, the head of the right-wing opposition is now attacking the mayor on this ground: “Since your re-election, you have only occasionally chaired the Council of Paris. .
These systematic absences, such as your recurring refusal to respond precisely to our questions, do not help to improve the quality of the debates.
"It is true that you seem, these days, more concerned with leading a personal adventure than improving the concrete situation of Parisians in particular (...)", concludes Rachida Dati.
Before the municipal elections, the two women “respected each other”, observes a relative of Rachida Dati, “but Hidalgo did not behave well at certain times during the campaign”.
Animosity has now increased a notch.
Contacted by the Parisian, Anne Hidalgo and her relatives did not wish to respond.
"This exchange of letters marks a turning point in their relations," assures for his part the entourage of the mayor of the 7th arrondissement where we add: "Hidalgo is not able to speak to the opposition, she is therefore obliged to write to him ... "
