Socialist party (PS) mayoral candidate for Paris Emmanuel Gregoire (C) and reelected PS Mayor of Paris' 13th arrondissement Jerome Coumet (R) speak with a local business owner as they visit a cafe during a stroll through the Olympiades neighbourhood as part of his electoral campaign in Paris on March 16, 2026, a day after the first round of municipal elections in France. In Paris, Socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire is in the lead ahead of former culture minister Rachida Dati. Gregoire has promised to carry on the legacy of outgoing Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, including increasing the number of bike lanes and green spaces and improving public housing in the densely populated city of two million people. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP via Getty Images)