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France Municipal Elections

With 36.5 percent of the votes, Emmanuel Grégoire, left, was well ahead of Rachida Dati with 24.9 percent. (AFP)

Race for Paris mayor on knife’s edge after first round

Rachida Dati, until recently France’s culture minister, hopes to become the capital’s second woman mayor in a row, and bring Paris under control of the right for the first time in 25 years

By AFP · 16 March 2026

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