Emmanuel Grégoire will be officially elected mayor of Paris this Sunday after securing 50.52 percent of the vote to maintain leftist control of the capital for a fifth term.The Socialist Party candidate defeated Rachida Dati and Sophia Chikirou while securing an unprecedented 103-seat majority in the city council alongside communists and ecologists.This victory mirrors socialist successes in cities like Marseille and Lille but occurs as the new administration faces growing concerns regarding middle-class housing and urban satisfaction.