08:10 a.m.: Rachida Dati announces her candidacy for mayor of Paris in 2026 on RTL
Rachida Dati, new Minister of Culture and mayor of the 7th arrondissement of the capital, announced Wednesday on RTL her candidacy for mayor of Paris in 2026.
“I am elected Parisian. My goal is Paris. I have one desire, it is to bring together all those who want things to change in Paris, I am determined,” she first responded to the question of whether she would be a candidate. Before answering in the affirmative: “It’s in three years. Of course, I always said it.”