Paris to get first female mayor

A woman will become mayor of Paris for the first time in the city’s 2,000-year history, and voters will have a choice of two candidates.

The outcome of the conservative selection process that begins May 31 is all but decided – Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, or NKM as she is often known, is widely considered the only candidate with a realistic chance. Her Socialist opponent in the March 2014 election will be Anne Hidalgo, the current mayor’s designated heir.