Emmanuel Grégoire and the united left achieve a resounding victory

Standing at the top of the steps of the Rotonde Stalingrad in the 19^th arrondissement, Bertrand Delanoë, the socialist mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014, took a drag from his cigarette and gazed at the crowd gathered before him, his eyes red. It was not even 9 pm on Sunday, March 22, and supporters of Emmanuel Grégoire, the candidate of the…