Paris Mayor Announces Presidential Run To Topple France's Macron

Hidalgo, 62, is one of a handful of candidates from both right and left bidding to become France's first woman president.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday launched her bid for the French presidency, stressing green and social issues, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen set out her vision for the top job as the race to unseat incumbent Emmanuel Macron gathers pace. Hidalgo, 62, is one of a handful of candidates from both right and left bidding to become France's first woman president. Macron has yet to confirm he will seek a second term but is widely expected to run again. Polls suggest he and Le Pen would top the first round of voting in April and Macron would then beat Le Pen in the run-off, in a repeat of 2017.