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Home > * News > World > Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is Socialists' presidential candidate for 2022 This content is not available in your region France Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is Socialists' presidential candidate for 2022 Access to the comments Comments By Josephine Joly & Héloïse Urvoy with AFP • Updated: 15/10/2021 (BUTTON) Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo speaks to the audience at the Global Citizen Live concert in Paris Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo speaks to the audience at the Global Citizen Live concert in Paris Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. - Copyright Vianney Le Caer / AP Share this article * embed Copy/paste the article video embed link below: https://www.euronews (BUTTON) Copy * facebook Share * twitter Tweet * flipboard Share * mail icon send * facebook Share * twitter Tweet * flipboard Share * mail icon send * (BUTTON) MoreHide * * reddit Share * messenger-dsk Send * linkedin Share * vk Share * reddit Share * messenger Send * linkedin Share * vk Share Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has won the Socialist Party's nomination race to be a candidate for next year's French presidential elections. The 62-year-old politician, who announced her plans to run for president a month ago, won more than 72% of votes cast by party members on Thursday night, with more than 90% of total ballots counted, the Socialists' first secretary Olivier Faure said. Hidalgo has been the mayor of Paris since 2014 and is one of a handful of women bidding to become France's first female president. (BUTTON) Her first and only important political position, she is mainly known for her strong measures such as her restriction on car traffic from parts of the capital while creating more bike lanes. "Anne Hidalgo also faced criticism for her poor financial management of the city of Paris, which has more than doubled its debt since she took office," Euronews journalist Héloïse Urvoy said. "She is seen as a Parisian politician, so a really local politician, which means that she really needs to put herself out there and to show that she can be a national politician. That's one big challenge ahead of her, and another challenge really has to do with the lack of popularity of the French Socialist Party," she added. So that's the extent of the task awaiting Anne Hidalgo, it's to give the French Socialist Party its popularity, its legitimacy back. Héloïse Urvoy Euronews Four years after unpopular Socialist president François Hollande stepped down after a single term, France's Socialist Party continues to haemorrhage support. "The French Socialist Party took a hard hit with François Hollande after he was elected as French president in 2012. He really took the party's popularity down with him during his term due to a series of heavily criticised measures such as the pension system reform that provoked weeks and weeks of protests here in France and protests that were met with a heavy police response". François Hollande, who was in office from 2012 to 2017, was the first French president not to run for a second term. His decision gave the opportunity to the man who was seen as his dauphin, Emmanuel Macron, to seize the opportunity and to run for president. but not as a socialist candidate. Hildago will aim to revive the fortunes of the Socialists in April's election with a campaign stressing environmental and social issues. _Watch the full interview in the video player above. _ Share this article * embed Copy/paste the article video embed link below: https://www.euronews (BUTTON) Copy * facebook Share * twitter Tweet * flipboard Share * mail icon send * facebook Share * twitter Tweet * flipboard Share * mail icon send * (BUTTON) MoreHide * * reddit Share * messenger-dsk Send * linkedin Share * vk Share * reddit Share * messenger Send * linkedin Share * vk Share You might also like Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo launches bid to be France's next president Leftist Christiane Taubira confirms she will run for French presidency The scandal of Europe's polluted skies - and the communities suffering the consequences More about * France * Emmanuel Macron * Paris * French presidential election 2022 * French politics * Anne Hidalgo Browse today's tags COVID-19VaccineNetherlandsCovid VaccineFranceGreeceArchaeology * Themes + Europe + World + Business + Sport + Green + Next + Travel + Culture + Video + Programmes * Services + Live + Bulletin + All Weather + just in + Follow us + Apps + Messaging apps + Widgets & Services + Africanews + Games * More + About Euronews + Commercial Services + EU Coverage + Terms and Conditions + Cookie Policy + Contact + Press Office + Jobs Follow us * Facebook * Twitter * Flipboard * Youtube * Linkedin * Dailymotion * Instagram * VK Newsletters Copyright © euronews 2022 - * * (BUTTON) English + English + Français + Deutsch + Italiano + Español + Português + Русский + Türkçe + Ελληνικά + Magyar + فارسی + العربية + Shqip + Română + ქართული + български + Srpski Top tags + COVID-19 + Vaccine + Netherlands + Covid Vaccine + France Europe World Business Sport Green Next Travel Culture Video All Programmes Dubai Airshow My Tokyo Coronavirus Podcasts Visit Petersburg Climate AIBA World Boxing Championships 2021 Destination Dubai InClassica Depth of Field The New Uzbekistan A Greener Tomorrow Ron Barceló Japan Moving Forward + Live + Newsletters + All views + Bulletin + Just In + All Weather + Games [English______________] Facebook Quantcast