Agreed. That was a good thing to target. What I'm saying is that living in France it is more common to hear criticism, except when talking about the obvious gains like keeping pollution down and making the city better for pedestrians and cyclists. The pollution part is great.

I'm all for a lot of the things that happened while she was mayor.

The embezzlement part was toward the end of a 10-year tenure so that ended things on a bad note. The gap between rich and poor widened and the misappropriation of funds have left certain parts of the city quite filthy... Taxes in general went up by 50% which is remarkable in France.

Anyway, I just wanted to comment that while it might not make the front page outside of France, calling Hidalgo "based" is something I don't hear or read about.