Overview
- Rachida Dati unveiled her Paris 2026 heads of list and excluded incumbent 8th arrondissement mayor Jeanne d’Hauteserre, naming Catherine Lécuyer as her replacement.
- D’Hauteserre said she will run independently as a “free woman,” confirming she has opened a campaign office and signed a lease for her headquarters.
- The ousted mayor is the only outgoing LR arrondissement leader not reconducted on Dati’s slate, underscoring a public rupture within the Paris right.
- D’Hauteserre had acknowledged nearly €36,000 in clothing expenses over five years on BFMTV and later said she would repay the costs after criticism.
- Tensions also rose after she reported a request for a social-housing allocation for a relative by a mayor from her camp, later identified by media as targeting Dati—an allegation Dati denies.