Anne hidalgo

Paris wants to clean the Seine so one can bathe by the Olympics 2024

Bathing in the Seine: sweet utopia or real project? Paris has set up a sanitation plan of the river so that by the Olympics 2024, everyone can swim in it.

Cars to be banned from Paris city center by 2022? The heart of the capital could be pedestrianized

Cars are to be given less space in Paris. Among the measures considered by the City Hall, it is about making the city’s historic heart pedestrianized. Transit vehicles could be then banned from Paris city center.

Reinventing Paris: the French capital to turn 60,000sqm of offices into housings

Paris officials make the most of Covid crisis to turn offices into housings. Tati Barbès store, Renault garage on Quai de Grenelle, PSA garage on Avenue de République. This Tuesday February 9, 2021 Emmanuel Grégoire has announced major transformations in Paris and urges property owners to propose their property to sale as part of the “Réinventer Paris” project. A win-win situation, the elected representative says.

Covid in Paris: five major centers to vaccinate “30 to 40%” of the population “starting January”

Vaccination against Covid is underway in Paris! Anne Hidalgo announced during a meeting with arrondissement mayors she identified five potential sites that could house several centers for anti-coronavirus vaccination campaigns. The goal being to vaccinate 30 to 40% of the population in Paris – including prioritized people – starting January 2021, once the vaccine issued.

Urban forests in Paris: two projects gave up by Anne Hidalgo, three new sites presented

Even more greenery in Paris. This is one of Anne Hidalgo’s new mandate goals as Paris mayor. To do so, four urban forests projects have been announced in June 2019, two have been definitively let go, and three other new sites have been unveiled. The forests planned rue Curial and Place de la Catalogne are to be erected very soon.

Paris: a reception center for refugees opens in Paris 1st arrondissement

Invited for Le Grand Jury on October 4, 2020 Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo confirmed a daytime reception center for refugees was to open soon. It will be set in the premises of the former 1st arrondissement town hall at the Place du Louvre.

Coronavirus: reduced gauge in universities, different from high schools, Blanquer says

As Paris and its inner suburbs are put on maximum alert zone since October 4 at night because of the worrying increase in coronavirus cases, on Tuesday October 6, 2020 National Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer addresses the reduction of the student guage in universities and the polemic as for junior high schools and high schools that are not on the same boat.

Rugby World Cup 2023: We Love 2023 Tour train inaugurated with Anne Hidalgo in Paris

Hosted in France, the Rugby World Cup 2023 train has been inaugurated this Tuesday September 8, 2020 by Paris mayor, its deputy for Sport and French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte. Named We Love 2023, the train will leave from Paris Gare de Lyon on September 9 to travel the roads of France until October 12, 2020.

Paris: Lafarge cement manufacturer suspected of discharging polluted waters into the Seine

This is an ecologic scandal making a splash. Paris public prosecutor has opened an investigation in late August against the LafargeHolcim cement manufacturer suspected of discharging into the Seine a mix of “particles of cement, process liquids and plastic microfibers”. Paris authorities have decided to file a complaint against Lafarge.

Transport: what future for cars in Paris?

As Anne Hidalgo has been re-elected Paris mayor, new measures aiming at reducing the pollution within the French capital are expected for this new mandate. What future for transport in Paris? Will cars still be relevant? Here are the measures expected.

Paris : vers une piétonnisation "dès cet été" des abords du Canal Saint-Martin ?

À l’approche des Municipales, la maire sortante Anne Hidalgo a détaillé quelques-unes de ses propositions écologistes dans les colonnes du Journal du Dimanche, le 21 juin. Parmi elles, la piétonnisation des abords du canal Saint-Martin, de Stalingrad à République et, ce, dès cet été.

Paris opens streets to restaurants and bars from June 2

In order to help restaurants, cafés and bars to resume works in the best health conditions possible, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo considers giving entire streets for them, and for free, until September 30, 2020. Restaurants and cafés interested must sign up on Paris City hall website starting Sunday May 31 and sign a charter committing them to respect the public area and neighbors. Paris mayor is also considering temporary closure, between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. about twenty streets to keep them for café, bar and restaurant terraces.

Rules for parks and gardens' reopening this weekend in Paris and Ile-de-France

Parks and gardens are reopening this Saturday May 30, 2020. This is what the Prime Minister has announced this May 28, relieving many citizens who can already enjoy green spaces and places to relax outside. Here are rules to respect.

Paris Council welcomes a 200-million-euro grant scheme

Paris Council has welcomed an aid scheme to support Parisian companies and cultural players in town as they are struggling amid the coronavirus epidemic.

Doctors demand parks and gardens to reopen in Paris

The first union trade for private doctors – the CSMF – has joined Anne Hidalgo’s request as for the reopening of parks and gardens in Paris. According to this group, as Parisians’ mental health is at stake.

Deconfinement: the Sacred Heart parvis evacuated this Tuesday evening

On the 2nd day of deconfinement, this Tuesday May 12th, the Sacred Heart parvis has been evacuated by the police. According to State Secretary for Transportation, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, “it requires trust, pedagogy and control”.

Deconfinement: Anne Hidalgo thinks facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris

As France is exiting containment, Anne Hidalgo announced this Tuesday May 12th she wanted facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris. A declaration made on Twitter in order to secure Parisians and reopen parks and gardens.

Free cloth masks for Parisians: sign up now

Anne Hidalgo confirmed free cloth and washable facemasks will be given to each Parisian. Interviewed by LCI this May 5, Paris mayor says that these reusable masks will be available from May 11th in pharmacies. She said that "500,000 surgical msks will be avaialble this week given by arorndissement mayors to the most fragile people". Anne Hidalgo promised earlier in April that “two million cloth facemasks” will be “given” to Parisians in order to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Coronavirus: portraits of the nursing staff shown on the Eiffel Tower this Sunday May 10th

This Sunday May 10th, 2020 at 9 p.m., the city of Paris will thank Parisian volunteers and professionals who have been “mobilized throughout confinement” with portraits shows on the Eiffel Tower. This symbolical operation will air online and on social networks as confinement is still implemented!

Deconfinement: Bois de Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne woods reopen this May 11th

With containment exit, the Bois de Vincennes and Boulogne woods will welcome Parisians and Ile-de-France inhabitants again starting this May 11th, 2020.