After the town hall of Paris, Anne Hidalgo would like to take the lead of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-Liberation
Met in March, Anne Hidalgo was affirmed to Release not yet having made a decision concerning your future. « I have not yet stopped completely what I am going to do, but there is a need to bring, internationally, the question of climate justice »explained the socialist who decided not to run for a third term at the town hall of Paris. But a few weeks later, the former PS candidate for the 2022 presidential election, seems to have a more precise idea of what she wants to do after leaving her mayor’s chair. According to La Tribune on Sunday And the ParisianAnne Hidalgo plans to take the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Information confirmed in half-word by the entourage of the councilor, contacted by Liberty. « In any case it is a candidacy hcr that would make sense ”, argues a loved one, which recalls the« Personal history » of this « Refugee granddaughter, arriving very small in France with her family ». The same source also mentions « Experience » of the socialist, « His commitment to refugees » And « Its international stature ». She who despite a certain unpopularity in France and in the capital is regularly honored for her action abroad. In December, the prestigious Financial Times placed, for example, Anne Hidalgo In the ranking of the 25 most influential women of 2024.
After La Tribune on Sundaythe mayor of Paris can take advantage of the support of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron in his retraining project. Already, because The two officials have exceeded their enmity Thanks to the Olympic Games. But also, because the election of Hidalgo at the UNHCR would be « A diplomatic victory for France » Do we want to believe in the entourage of the councilor. « She would be the first Frenchwoman to occupy this position »underlines a loved one. Non -negligible element, the socialist knows the UN secretary general, António Guterres well, whom she quotes several times in her book Resist, the bet of hope (The observatory) released in March. She also met him again at the beginning of April during a trip to New York devoted to the ten years of the Paris Climate Agreements.
However, there remains a question: Anne Hidalgo’s new project, if he succeeds, will he constitute her to let go of her mayor of mayor of Paris earlier than expected? The mandate of the Italian Filippo Grandi, the current UN High Commissioner for Refugees, will end on December 31, 2025. To take over on January 1, 2026, Hidalgo, could leave the French capital at that time and not at the end of his mandate in March. In this case, the Paris Council should then proceed to the election of the new councilor for the few months which would separate it municipalities.
