Paris

Fransk polis grep en 17-årig misstänkt person tidigt på lördagen när denne försökte detonera en hemmagjord spränganordning utanför ett Bank of America-kontor på rue La Boétie i Paris åttonde arrondissement. Inga skador rapporterades och en antiterroristutredning har inletts, där inrikesminister Laurent Nunez antyder möjliga kopplingar till konflikten i Mellanöstern.

28 mars 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Paris city hall has inaugurated a free exhibition featuring around 200 photographs by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died in May 2025 at age 81. Curated by his lifelong companion Lélia Wanick Salgado, the display covers phases of his career, emphasizing themes such as migration, labor, inequality, and environmental preservation.

An Ifop-Fiducial poll for Paris Match and Sud Radio, published on March 19, 2026, gives Emmanuel Grégoire 46% voting intentions in Paris's second round, ahead of Rachida Dati at 44%. Sophia Chikirou gets 10%.

18 mars 2026 Rapporterad av AI

The three candidates for the Paris municipal election runoff, Emmanuel Grégoire, Rachida Dati and Sophia Chikirou, clashed in a debate lasting over two and a half hours organized by Le Figaro and BFMTV on March 18, 2026. Discussions covered security, after-school care, housing and personal attacks. With four days until the vote, the race looks tight following post-first-round mergers and withdrawals.

Four days before the first round of the 2026 Paris municipal elections, Rachida Dati, the right-wing candidate, acknowledged at a rally that the race would be very tight. She urged voters to show responsibility by choosing reason. This mobilization comes as she trails Emmanuel Grégoire in voting intentions.

12 mars 2026 Rapporterad av AI

In his final rally before the first round of municipal elections on March 15, Emmanuel Grégoire, candidate from the non-Mélenchonist left, urged Parisians to oppose the alliance between the right and far-right. He targeted rivals Rachida Dati and Sarah Knafo, accusing them of aiming to bring down the capital to prepare for the 2027 elections.