"Now Rachida Dati wants to become mayor of Paris and take the city from the left, which has been in power for 25 years. 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."
"Running for the rightwing Les Republicains, Dati, 60, wants to increase policing and CCTV, change the criteria for social housing to favour local workers, slash debt, and after dressing up as a refuse collector for a TikTok video fully privatise bin collection, which she says will give city employees more time to sweep the streets. She has promised not to reverse the left's flagship policy of transforming a once traffic-clogged dual carriageway into a car-free pedestrian walkway along the banks of the Seine,"
Rachida Dati, the culture minister and the first woman of North African and Muslim heritage to hold a major French government post, is campaigning to become mayor of Paris. She aims to end 25 years of left-wing control by prioritising law-and-order measures, increasing policing and CCTV, and arming municipal police. Dati proposes changing social housing criteria to favour local workers, cutting municipal debt, and fully privatising bin collection. She pledges to preserve the Seine pedestrian walkway while renovating its spaces and to create green areas to tackle extreme heat and flood risks. Opponents warn of a hard-right shift for the city.
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