The socialist mayor’s dynamic qualities are being noticed far beyond the French capital’s city limitsA confidential memo,seen by Le Monde, says a lot approximately Mayor Anne Hidalgo. The Socialist leader of Paris city council recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Manuel Valls detailing the many areas in which central government ignores the capital’s rights. Hidalgo wants to net rid of an anomaly that dates from when the city was governed by a préfet, or a central government official.
A clash with central government over the thorny issue of Sunday opening hours is looming. When a recent economic reform bill failed to remove the préfet’s prerogative to settle Sunday opening hours in Paris,the mayor’s office applied to France’s Constitutional Council for a “priority ruling” (QPC) on the issue. In other places, the mayor has the last word.
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Source: theguardian.com