In Paris, mobility disrupted by two mandates of Anne Hidalgo, for a end result that’s nonetheless questionable and generally messy | EUROtoday

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Anne Hidalgo, socialist mayor of Paris, in her office at City Hall, in Paris, November 25, 2024.

The info are indeniable: in Paris, the air is extra breathable and fewer vehicles flow into on the streets. Between the beginning and finish of the 2 mandates of Anne Hidalgo, outgoing socialist mayor of the capital (2014-2026), these two indicators progressed positively. It stays to be seen whether or not that is solely the results of native mobility insurance policies.

For the mayor, there isn’t a debate. “The results of our action are there, they are clear”she congratulated herself in her greetings speech on January 14, referring to the discount in air pollution. In actuality, if there’s certainly a correlation between the latter and the City’s insurance policies, the causality is extra questionable. On the opposite hand, Anne Hidalgo’s stubbornness in pursuing, in any respect prices, the reforms initiated by her predecessors is hardly true.

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