And the Gold Medal for Olympic Vanité Goes to the Socialist Mayor of Paris, as Macron Works the Phones From South of France
The Olympic pause from domestic woes and winds of war is about to end.
In August, for the most part, France checks out for les vacances — unless you’re the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who has just mistaken a relatively uneventful Olympics for vindication of years of failed leftist policies. Or unless your name is Emmanuel Macron, in which case you might think it possible to solve the world’s ills from a sunbed somewhere south of Saint-Tropez.
For the moment, Ms. Hidalgo leads the charge for premature hubris as she leverages the soon-to-conclude Games of the 33rd Olympiad to burnish her image ahead of the 2026 municipal elections in France.
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