Socialist Emmanuel Grgoire wins Paris mayoral race
Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire is on course to become Paris’ next mayor, extending his party’s quarter-century rule of the French capital, according to multiple projections from pollsters.
The left-wing candidate is on track to win 53.1 percent of votes in Sunday’s mayoral election runoff, per Ipsos’ initial estimate based on a partial vote count.
His conservative adversary Rachida Dati is projected to come in second with 38 percent, while the hard-left candidate Sophia Chikirou is expected to come in third with 8.9 percent.
“Tonight Parisians have sent a message to Jordan Bardella, to Marine Le Pen and to those who worked behind the scenes for a union of right-wing parties,” Grégoire said in a short speech before hopping on a bike to head to city hall. “The message is clear: Paris is not and will never be a far-right city.”
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