Overview

• Paris City Hall released a detailed accounting of elected officials’ indemnities and arrondissement representation budgets, noting legal caps of €19,720 for the mayor and €11,092 for arrondissement mayors.
• Anne Hidalgo’s reimbursed spending totals at least €75,000 over four years within the legal ceiling, and the financial prosecutor says no investigation is underway into her expenses, with a separate probe focused on her 2023 Tahiti trip.
• Published records show 18th arrondissement mayor Éric Lejoindre claimed more than €35,000 from 2020 to 2024, including about €8,500 in 2024, with items such as restaurants, dry cleaning and clothing staying within Paris’s annual allowance.
• Lejoindre denies wrongdoing and describes the focus on his claims as a political diversion, while activists cite disputed examples including children’s pizzas and a New Year’s hairdresser billed to the public purse.
• The disclosures follow a Conseil d'État decision requiring mayors to release expenses on citizen request, fueling calls for tighter guidance and clearer limits before the municipal elections.