The Sun
SHOCKING pictures have emerged in Paris showing streets littered with trash as residents slam mayor for allowing city to become a “rubbish dump.”
The images, which emerged on social media over the past few days, show the historic Parisian streets overflowing with garbage, soiled mattresses and various other kind of filth.
The hashtag ‘SaccageParis,’ meaning ‘trash Paris,’ trended online over the weekend as furious residents hit out at the regime.
Started by an anonymous Twitter account called ‘Paris Propne,’ the movement expressed their frustration with Ms Hidalgo’s “abandonment of the city.”
“By launching Saccage Paris, I did not think it would take this magnitude,” they tweeted.
“Yet not surprising. The current disaster could not remain without a massive reaction.”
They added: “We are thousands [and we] say stop. Behind this [movement]? Just ordinary locals.”
Chief among those criticised by residents is Mayor and socialist party member Anne Hidalgo.
The politician, who became the city’s first female leader, was re-elected for a second term last year.
Her political opponent, Marine Le Pen, was quick to condemn her handling of the situation saying that the thousands of images shared online “breaks the hearts of lovers of Paris.”
She tweeted: “Bravo to the revolted Parisians. The degradation of our beautiful capital by the Hidalgo team is a national suffering that should not leave any French indifferent.”
This story first appeared in The Sun
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