Emmanuel Grégoire, a Socialist long involved in local politics, becomes Paris' new mayor
French socialist candidate for Paris mayoral election, Emmanuel Gregoire, center right, and former Paris' mayor Bertrand Delanoe, left, celebrate after Gregoire won the second round of France's municipal elections in Paris, France, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Grégoire, a Socialist little known to the French public, was elected mayor of Paris in a runoff vote Sunday, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo.
Soon after claiming victory, Grégoire, 48, took a city bike through the streets of Paris toward City Hall, echoing his promise to make the French capital greener.
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