Overview

• Anne Hidalgo released an overview and opened access to arrondissement mayors’ expense records, positioning the move as transparency after media revelations about elected officials’ spending.
• Libération’s review of files found wide disparities and weak documentation, highlighting Jeanne d’Hauteserre’s roughly €35,780 in clothing purchases and Philippe Goujon’s about €49,606 in restaurant bills.
• City communications reiterated legal caps on representation expenses—about €19,720 per year for the Paris mayor and €11,092 for arrondissement mayors—with Hidalgo’s roughly €73,700–€75,000 in 2020–2024 staying within limits.
• The national financial prosecutor said no probe is open into Hidalgo’s expense notes, though a separate investigation into her 2023 trip to Tahiti continues.
• Political fallout intensified as Communist candidate Ian Brossat urged scrapping the allowances, some mayors backed abolition, and Emmanuel Grégoire defended his campaign director Éric Lejoindre (over €35,000 claimed) while vowing to change the rules.