Didier Rykner is a French journalist and art historian. Committed to the defense of heritage, he regularly publishes his investigations and analyzes on the website
La Tribune de l'art
.
He published
The Disappearance of Paris
, published by Les belles lettres.
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LE FIGARO. - The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo collects 22,936 votes in the capital, or 2.17% of the vote. How do you explain it?
Didier RYKNER. -
There are several reasons.
We obviously cannot exclude the weakening of the socialist party which was already historically low during the last presidential election.
But such a derisory score has above all two explanations: a totally failed campaign where she spent her time contradicting and ridiculing herself (she went so far as to wonder why Paris had a story!) and a catastrophic record in management of his city that other regions have discovered thanks in particular to social networks, widely taken up by the newspapers.
Isn't it simplistic to attribute the result to his policy at the head of Paris?
Like I said, that's certainly not the only reason, but it definitely counted.
The best proof of this is his score barely above the national average in Paris itself.
I don't think an outgoing presidential candidate has ever finished at such a high level.
The communist Robert Hue, in 2002, had obtained 3.2% in 2002, but in his town, Montigny-lès-Cormeilles, he had gathered 16.15% of the votes... When you bring together so few voters in his own city, one has to wonder.
This undoubtedly raises the question of its legitimacy.
This poses above all that of the Parisian election, which as in Lyon and Marseille is not done with a direct list ballot, but by district, indirectly.
Like the voters of all the cities of France,
To the filthiness of the streets, the abandonment of heritage, the non-maintenance of public space, the concreting that we see here as elsewhere, there are also security issues, particularly related to crack, which further aggravate the situation. .
Didier Rykner
Even in the arrondissements where she is usually acclaimed, Anne Hidalgo never crosses the 3% mark: 2.39% in the 18th, 2.26% in the 19th and 2.40% in the 20th. What is special about these districts? What is Anne Hidalgo's track record in these sectors?
Anne Hidalgo's balance sheet is disastrous throughout Paris, and it is particularly so in these arrondissements.
To the filthiness of the streets, the abandonment of heritage, the non-maintenance of public space, the concreting that we see here as elsewhere, there are also security issues, particularly related to crack, which further aggravate the situation. .
These districts have the impression of being abandoned even more than the others.
What are the projects undertaken by the current municipality, between 2020 and today, which may have influenced the vote of Parisians?
There is so much to say that I wrote a whole book on this subject, and I could add a volume 2 to it!
The municipality does not listen to anything or anyone and pursues its projects without listening to the population.
Parisians do not want towers, as shown by a consultation conducted by Bertrand Delanoë, and yet towers are being built and work is even being launched on the Triangle tower shortly before the elections and while an investigation by the financial prosecutor's office is In progress !
Parisians want trees, and yet we cut them down as I showed in photos in
La Disparition de Paris
!
Parisians want a clean city, streets in good condition, respected street furniture, restored monuments, and yet the town hall doesn't care!
All this influenced the vote of Parisians.
Anne Hidalgo can only blame herself.
And now, what will happen?
Now, I hope that finally a credible opposition will be created in Paris.
We don't want political politics.
The citizen movement that was created around #saccageparis, and which includes remarkable personalities, some of whom had voted for Hidalgo in 2014 and who have since realized their mistake, should unite more.
There are many young people under forty in opposition to the current town hall.
They are the future of Paris.