US EditionNewly-Lected Pris Mayor Gregoire Vows Resolution on PSG Stadium Talks by the End of the Summer
Mayor Gregoire proposes extending PSG's lease or selling Parc des Princes with safeguards and aims for a resolution by summer to support club redevelopment and city investment.
- On Monday, newly-elected Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire set a summer deadline to resolve the long-running standoff with Paris Saint-Germain over the Parc des Princes, moving to reopen negotiations with the club's Qatari owners.
- After former Mayor Anne Hidalgo ruled out selling the stadium, PSG explored alternative sites including Massy and Poissy, though the club currently holds a lease until 2044.
- Gregoire proposes either extending the lease or negotiating a tightly regulated sale, with proceeds funding grassroots sports and green infrastructure. He will convene a special Paris council session in mid-April to relaunch talks.
- Despite opposition from Green councillors to selling public assets, Gregoire expressed a pragmatic approach to keep PSG in Paris and has spoken with PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi about safeguarding public funding.
- Gregoire aims to reach clarity "by the end of the summer," he told France Info radio. He stressed any final decision requires a formal mandate from the Paris council.
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Negotiations between the Princes Park owner city and the PSG have been blocked since Anne Hidalgo refused to sell the club's historic stadium, which has an emhyteotic lease until 2044.
The new mayor of Paris wants to finalize the sale of the Parc des Princes before the end of the summer. A calendar that does not correspond to that of the PSG, which awaits the conclusions of the studies on the sites of Massy and Poissy.
The negotiations between the city owner of the sports hall and the Parisian football club were blocked in the face of the refusal of former mayor Anne Hidalgo to sell the stadium. The new mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire, wishes to "recommend the discussions very soon" and hopes to reach an agreement at the latest by the end of the summer.
The Mayor of Paris and the shareholder of the club hope to reach a definitive agreement and thus close the sale of the stadium of the Porte de Saint-Cloud "at the latest at the end of the summer", declared Emmanuel Grégoire on France Info this Monday 30 March.
Unlike Anne Hidalgo, the new mayor of Paris said he was ready to sell the Parc des Princes. He highlighted an "emotional attachment" to the club.
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