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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s Olympic Wager
Center-left Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, disparaged by Parisians as a “bourgeois bohemian,” is betting on the success of the Olympics to revive her political career. Scandals and dismal polls stand in her way as she eyes the 2026 elections.