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The making of Anne Hidalgo: can the Paris mayor take on Macron?
Anne Hidalgo has transformed the French capital with a fusion of social democracy and urban environmentalism. She would not be the first mayor of Paris to use the role to enter national politics.
While she has not yet declared her candidacy, many consider Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo the best hope of a progressive challenge to Emmanuel Macron.Â
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In 2015, Anne Hidalgo, the recently elected mayor of Paris, addressed a scathing letter to Franceâs then economy minister. Protesting against plans to partially exempt some shops from the countryâs strict Sunday trading ban, it denounced âthe fantasy of a city entirely dedicated to consumerist tourismâ.