The battle for Paris: can Rachida Dati fend off scandal to become next mayor?
Seen by rivals as a dangerous rightwinger, others hope the controversial culture minister can snatch Paris from the leftShe was the first woman of north African and Muslim heritage to hold a major French government post and she redefined political celebrity in France. Now Rachida Dati wants to...
<p>Seen by rivals as a dangerous rightwinger, others hope the controversial culture minister can snatch Paris from the left</p><p>She was the first woman of north African and Muslim heritage to hold a major French government post and she redefined political celebrity in France. Now <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/11/rachida-dati-french-cabinet-gabriel-attal">Rachida Dati</a> wants to become mayor of Paris and take the city from the left, which has been in power for 25 years.</p><p>“I want to bring back authority,” Dati, France’s culture minister, told Le Figaro last month, promising a law and order drive to arm municipal police with guns. Her opponents call her a dangerous rightwinger who would turn the French capital into a “Trumpist laboratory”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/paris-rachida-dati-mayoral-election-france">Continue reading...</a>
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