Grégoire warns of “danger” of right and far right opponents“The battle for the runoff starts now,” Socialist front-runner to be the next mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire said as his supporters celebrated initial projections showing him with a significant lead.

March 15, 20269:49 pm

Sofiane Zaizoune

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Grégoire warns of “danger” of right and far right opponents“The battle for the runoff starts now,” Socialist front-runner to be the next mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire said as his supporters celebrated initial projections showing him with a significant lead.Grégoire used his speech to hit out at his two challengers from the right, Rachida Dati, the conservative former culture minister, and Sarah Knafo, the far-right MEP.“Paris does not deserve this humiliation,” he said.Grégoire hit Dati for her upcoming trial on charges of illicit lobbying as an MEP and her alleged failure to declare a €420,000 jewelry collection. She denies wrongdoing in both.He also slammed Knafo for her “votes in the European parliament with Viktor Orbán and neo-Nazis.”