News about Anne Hidalgo

A photo posted on Reddit on Sunday of a giant GMC pick-up taking up two spots at Burwood Brickworks, in Melbourne 's east, sparked outrage. Fed-up with with these giant utes, many angry drivers are demanding drastic action. Some councils across Australia are investigating the possibility of charging drivers of super-sized vehicles extra to park their cars.

The Mayor of London described the capital's river as a 'national embarrassment' as he announced his 'moonshot plan' to transform London's waterways. It comes as Khan's French counterpart, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, claimed she would reopen the Seine to swimmers in time for the Olympics , which are due to take place later this year. However, Khan's claim will prove challenging as his own analysis, which was published earlier this year, showed an almost five-fold increase in the duration of sewage spills in London last year. He said: 'We won't do this overnight. It will take us a few years to do - but the great thing is there's an appetite from Londoners and campaigners.

The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of high priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a parabolic mirror due to cloudy skies for the start of a relay in Greece and France.  It will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic flame in the French capital at the opening ceremony.

The pollution levels in the River Seine have been found to be 'alarming' by a French water charity, just over a hundred days before it is to play host to a number of Olympic swimming events at the Paris Games. As well as hosting a portion of the Opening Ceremony, the river that flows through the centre of the French capital is set to stage the marathon swimming events and the triathalon. But the suitability of the venue has been called into question by the Surfrider Foundation, who have taken 14 samples from the Seine over the past six months and found the water to be potentially dangerous in all but one of their tests. 

On February 28, the teacher begged three female students at the Maurice Ravel Lyce (right) to remove their headscarves, three of whom obliged, but one refused, causing an altercation. In the days that followed, threats were posted online, with a police patrol at the school being activated. An investigation into cyber-harrassment was launched, and a 26-year-old man was jailed for launching death threats against the principal online. Nicole Belloubet (left) arrived early March and gave the head teacher her complete support, deploring the 'unacceptable attacks'. The teacher has since resigned, but he says he regrets over his own safety and the company's.' His resignation has caused indignation in France, where fears for educators' wellbeing have risen after two teachers' deaths in attacks linked to Islamic militantism.

The initiative will bring the university city in line with the likes of Paris, where parking prices for drivers of 4x4s and Bath have tripled since being introduced last year, in comparison to Paris, which has seen triple parking fees for drivers. Oxford's councillors argue that larger and heavier cars not only cause more traffic damage, but are also more likely to kill or injure pedestrians and cause secondary illnesses as a result of secondhand pollution. However, motorists have reported that increasing the city's already high car parking rates, which can reach up to £39.10 per day, will be 'ridiculous,' with taxi drivers and traders who have indicated that stopping working in the city will be prohibitive. Emily Kerr, a Green Party councillor who drafted the policy, told MailOnline that the plans were a 'common sense' response to the global problem of automobiles getting bigger, though our highways remain the same.

The Course Des Café or Cafe Waiters' Race was first held over a hundred years ago in 1914 and saw nearly 300 Parisian waiters dressed in their workwear run for 1.2 miles from the french capital's river Seine. Contestants must only carry the tray, which includes a traditional French breakfast of a coffee, croissant, and a glass of water, but not a single drop must be spilled. At the end of the race, judges were on hand to check the trays for spillage. Samy Lamrous, the male king, walked the route at a brisk pace of 13 minutes and 30 seconds. Although Pauline Van Wymeersch, the women's champion, finished in 14 minutes and 12 seconds. Both winners were awarded a medal by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and they would also receive a free night in a posh hotel.

According to international Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates, there could be as few as 40 Russian athletes competing as neutrals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The question is how many [Russian athletes] will be there too because they can't compete as Russia,' Coates said in Sydney's Daily Telegraph.

After a 'vile' commercial used her auto accident to advertise euthanasia, Princess Diana's friends responded with indignation and revulsion. The sickening campaign features a snapshot of a mangled vehicle in a tunnel with the caption: 'Diana.' She did not choose her death, but we should have the choice in 2024.' It sparked an immediate storm of furious condemnation, with friends and lawmakers branding it 'disgusting,'repugnant,' and 'hideous.' Rosa Monckton, her companion, said, "This is cruel, callous, and opportunistic." 'Diana was exploited in her youth and her death is now being exploited for very good reasons.' Baroness Monckton, who went on holiday with Diana a few weeks before she died in the car accident in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in 1997, said the photograph had left her'shocked and horrified.'

Fears of the Games' administration were growing. The Paris Olympics may be on the brink of disaster if a growing number of questions regarding the Games' organization have surfaced. Uncertainty has risen over how the French capital would cope with the'massive' challenges of security, transportation, and getting venues up on time. Meanwhile, the countdown to the sporting extravaganza has been marred by outrage over rip-off prices, corruption probes, and a tumultuous drive to remove illegal migrants from the region. The scandals may jeopardize the French President's plans of staging a "lawless" Games, which insiders predict will be his highest achievement in his term of office.

Collectif Ultras Paris, a PSG support group, has requested Anne Hidalgo to resign after 'killing' the city's'magic.' During Les Parisiens' Ligue 1 match against Lille on Saturday evening, the supporters group held a banner directed at the mayor. 'Hidalgo kills Paris, and it's magic,' the banner held up in the Auteuil stand at Les Princes read. Fans cheered 'Hidalgo Resign', while others chanted 'Hidalgo Resign.'

The initiative was created by the capital's socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo (inset), who has been on a crusade against SUVs. She praised the vote as the 'clear choice of Parisians' and said it was both safe for our health and good for the planet.' Her policy gained 54 percent in favor of the referendum, but only 78,000, or 5.7 percent of the 1.3 million eligible voters, bothered to vote at the city's 39 poll stations. The strategy was earlier supported by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who described it as 'innovative'.

JONATHAN MILLER: On the fourth anniversary of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU last week, the media has gleefully reported here in France. 'The shipwreck of Brexit' was described in the country's second-most read daily newspaper, Le Figaro.' Les Echos, France's daily newspaper, smugly reported a survey that revealed that only 22% of British people now think leaving the EU was a good thing, with only 12 percent believing that Brexit had a positive effect on the economy. It said that the majority of Britons believe that it had no impact on the economy, their quality of life, or the health care.' This enthralling schadenfreude, it is assured, can only be born out of envy. For the first week in the United States, France's 7,000-mile motorway network has been blocked by farmers who raise two main beef species.

The Mayor of London, who has been seen being led around by a convoy of Range Rovers (left and right), seemed to endorse Anne Hidalgo, the socialist mayor of Paris. A referendum will be held on Monday on the plan to charge SUV drivers with higher parking fees (inset). Mr Khan's Parisian counterpart announced the scheme in December, saying, 'It is a form of social justice.' Mr Khan, who is ferried around the capital in his £300,000 taxpayer-funded luxury Range Rover, said heavier cars "take up more space" and cause 'problems regarding carbon pollution and so forth.

Mykhaylo Mudryk, a Chelsea player, is one of 192 Ukrainian athletes to have signed an open letter from French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo urging them to exclude Russia from this summer's Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has rejected a blanket ban by announcing that Russian and Belarusian athletes who have registered for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be eligible to participate as neutrals.

According to sources, Paris Saint-Germain is planning to start an audacious renovation of the Parc des Princes stadium, but first must reach an agreement with the local council to purchase the property. The Ligue 1 team is trying to emulate Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have both invested in major stadium renovations and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade their facilities.

On Monday, a British police officer was assaulted at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower. The perpetrator told French police that she was assaulted by a man wielding a knife late that evening. When she attempted to block his advances, she said the perpetrator pulled out a knife to distract him from his advances.

This afternoon, Keen gardener King Charles paid a visit to a Paris flower market named after his beloved mother. The two wore umbrellas over their heads as they strolled through the Marche aux Fleurs Reine Elizabeth II, which was titled after the late Queen after her state visit to France in 2014. The royal couple returned to Notre Dame Cathedral, which is scheduled to reopen next year, five years after it went up in fires.

Dott, Lime, and Tier e-scooters were given until September 1 to remove an estimated 15,000 e-scooters from Paris. Residents are still free to roam around on privately-owned e-scooters, but only rental units will be banned from marching tomorrow. In a April referendum, nearly 90% of voters favoured a blanket ban on rental scooters. The result of the poll, which saw nearly ten thousand votes cast, will be honored, according to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has previously spoken out against the rental units.

A Mexican tourist claims she was assaulted by five men at a garden near the Eiffel Tower. The 27-year-old woman told investigators that the assault took place in the early hours of July 26 to 27 at the Champ de Mars park in Paris between the early hours of July 26 and 27. According to AFP, the perpetrator gave evidence of the attack on Monday with the help of the Mexican embassy.

Kylian Mbappe has postponed a world record £259 million move to Al-Hilal by refusing to speak with the Saudi Arabian club's delegation. After agreeing the fee earlier this week, Paris St Germain had given Al Hilal's representatives permission to talk about the transfer with the 24-year-old. While Al Hilal's representatives have been in the French capital this week, Mbappe and his entourage have no intention of negotiating, despite a pay package worth more than £600 million being promised.

However, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has reiterated that he would not be allowed to leave for nothing. Al-Hilal's jaw-dropping plan came at the right time and has flummoxed most onlookers in and out of football. Hidalgo, one of the country's top soccer players, expressed her dissatisfaction with the country's prized footballing treasure moving to the Gulf state, according to one such observer.

The French capital rejected the controversial scooters by a 90 percent majority in a referendum on Sunday, in a move that is likely to be of great concern in the United Kingdom. It comes after a string of accidents involving the cars in recent years, with Paris and other European cities, including London, protesting dumping. A rider was hit by a van and killed in 2019, becoming Paris' first e-scooter fatality. Around 15,000 e-scooters in Paris can be picked up using a smartphone and then left wherever, including in the River Seine.

PSG has reportedly employed a US firm to assist them in finding a new stadium as they prepare to leave the Parc des Princes for the first time in the club's history. Since its inception in 1970, the French side has played their home games at the stadium and is estimated to have invested over £75 million in the last two years. However, PSG is searching for a new home after a major fallout with Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, who refused to sell the stadium to the club.