The topic agitates the electoral debates greater than it issues Parisians. However, it’s the nerve of public insurance policies: cash, extra significantly borrowed cash. At the tip of the 2 mandates of Anne Hidalgo, outgoing mayor of Paris, the capital’s debt won’t ever have been so excessive. From 4.18 billion euros on December 31, 2014, it ought to attain 9.7 billion on December 31, 2026, a rise of 133% in twelve years.
Is this unprecedented improve a symptom of poor monetary administration, and even of a metropolis on the verge of chapter, because the opposition denounces? If questions come up concerning the working funds, the explosion of the debt is above all of the signal of a municipality having refused to decelerate investments, regardless of financial crises and a State which has continued to withdraw from native funds.
The debate is already on the determine: 9.7 is that given by the City of Paris (9.3 for the tip of 2025) however the opposition, led by Rachida Dati, Les Républicains candidate for the municipal elections, insists on that of “12 billion” based mostly on the report of the regional chamber of accounts (CRC) of Ile-de-France from July 2025. The distinction issues what the appropriate calls a “hidden debt” linked to “capitalized rents”.
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