Overview
- The City of Paris is seeking roughly €230,000 from Transparence citoyenne, citing illegal posting and related cleanup after the group's poster campaign.
- The bill includes €15,000 for cleaning and €210,000 for unauthorized posters, according to the association and city notices.
- Transparence citoyenne says the sum equals about seven years of its budget and places the organization at risk.
- The association had obtained Anne Hidalgo's expense notes after a long legal fight, with Mediapart reporting €210,000 over four years, including €84,000 for clothing and €125,000 for travel.
- Separately, the Conseil d'État declined to admit an appeal seeking Hidalgo's 2020 notes, as opponents accuse the mayor of reprisals and she publishes arrondissement mayors' expenses to counter selective transparency claims.