Overview
- The 46-year-old MP formally announced her run, pitching herself as the voice of a “Paris populaire” and targeting the 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th arrondissements.
- An Ifop survey places her around 12% in the first round, a score that would clear the 10% bar to remain in the runoff.
- She excludes an agreement with Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grégoire while leaving the option open to negotiate with the Greens’ David Belliard for a potential second-round fusion.
- Her platform emphasizes cutting housing costs and creating a robust municipal education service, with 5,000 activists mobilizing for doorstep canvassing this weekend.
- Chikirou is under formal investigation over alleged 2017 campaign-account offenses, which she disputes, and LFI seeks to use the PLM reform to win seats as analysts caution a sustained LFI runoff bid could benefit right-wing contender Rachida Dati.