Grégoire’s First Month as Paris Mayor

Emmanuel Grégoire spent his first month as mayor turning an election win into an agenda for Paris City Hall. (paris.fr) The Socialist was formally elected mayor on March 29 by 103 of the 163 members of the Paris Council, one week after his list won the municipal runoff with 50.52% of the vote. (paris.fr 1) (paris.fr 2) Grégoire, 48, succeeded Anne Hidalgo after serving as her first deputy, and his first official outing on April 1 was a visit focused on mental health, which he said would be central to his term. (rfi.fr) (leparisien.fr) His first major governing test came at the April 14 Council of Paris, where he put four subjects on the table: child protection in schools, housing speculation, homelessness and the future of the Parc des Princes stadium. (paris.fr) (presse.paris.fr) Child protection moved to the top of the list after the city reported 78 staff suspensions in the first quarter of 2026, including 31 linked to suspected sexual violence, in a school and after-school workforce of about 20,000. (cdn.paris.fr) (leparisien.fr) The city’s response was a six-part action plan adopted on April 14, including a citizens’ convention on child protection, a new Paris training school for after-school staff starting in the 2026 school year, and a municipal inspection and approval service. (paris.fr) On housing, Grégoire’s first month overlapped with a court ruling on April 15 that fined a property company €585,000 for illegally converting an entire building into short-term tourist rentals in the 9th arrondissement. (presse.paris.fr) (paris.fr) On homelessness, his April council agenda included the rollout of a “Zero Children on the Street” plan, alongside broader debate over emergency shelter and rough sleeping in the capital. (paris.fr) (presse.paris.fr) And on sport and real estate, he reopened discussion over the Parc des Princes, where Paris Saint-Germain has long pushed to buy the stadium from the city to finance a major redevelopment. (presse.paris.fr) (lemonde.fr) A month in, Grégoire’s record is less about new ideology than sequencing: schools first, then housing, homelessness and the stadium file, all under the scrutiny that comes with extending the left’s rule in Paris after Hidalgo’s 12 years. (paris.fr) (france24.com)