Anne Hidalgo is in Tahiti, where she visited the site that will host the surfing events for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The trip of the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, to French Polynesia, presented as “official” by her entourage preceding her vacation, has drawn the wrath of her right-wing opposition. They mock her carbon footprint and her “gallivanting at the expense of Parisians.” “When one claims to make ecology and sustainable development the cornerstone of their municipal policy, one does not multiply official trips and avoid private vacations in the South Pacific,” criticized the Changer Paris group, led by Rachida Dati, on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday.
On Tuesday, this group of LR (The Republicans) and affiliated members hammered the point by recalling the “20 trips around the world” made by the mayor, officially, since her re-election in 2020, which they claim is equivalent to a carbon footprint of “51 tons of CO2”. As mayor, Anne Hidalgo has already made 13 trips abroad in 2023, most of which required air travel (Kyiv twice, Rome, Baghdad, Brussels, Warsaw, Reykjavik, Yerevan, New York, Cotonou, Noumea, and Papeete), the right-wing opposition points out, mocking an “Hidalgo carbon tour” while the capital’s elected official gives “ecology lessons without any scruples.”
An “unofficial” sequence
While her last public appearance in Paris dates back to October 11, Anne Hidalgo’s latest trip, a double trip to New Caledonia and French Polynesia, has raised questions from the media. The mayor’s entourage… Read More
