Hidalgo, the “boniche” greets you kindly! | EUROtoday
u1 / 4 of a century! Who might have imagined, in 2001, that the one which its detractors nicknamed “Our Drama of Paris” would stay in place for thus lengthy? With hindsight, we are able to speak about nice longevity. 2001-2025. And but, nothing was simple for this employee’s daughter from Andalusia.
Bombarded as Bertrand Delanoë’s first deputy at metropolis corridor after the victory of the left in 2001, Anne Hidalgo suffered, for a number of years, the sarcasm and jeers of the barons of the Socialist Party (PS), jealous of the dazzling promotion of the one they graciously referred to as the “potiche”, even the “boniche”.
Against “machos” of all types
What precisely was he accused of? To have been parachuted into this place on the directions of Martine Aubry, her well mannered godmother…
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