Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire Elected Mayor of Paris, Succeeding Anne Hidalgo

• •Emmanuel Grégoire, a Socialist, was elected mayor of Paris on Sunday, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo.
• •The far-right simultaneously secured a major victory in Nice, highlighting a sharp geographic divide in French municipal politics.
• •French local elections are being monitored as barometers of national sentiment ahead of next year's presidential race, per DW.
• •Grégoire previously served as deputy mayor under Hidalgo, making the transition a continuation of Socialist governance in the capital.

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