chocolates from the mayor

by Kylie

Apparently, the Mayor of Paris offers those Parisians of a "certain age" a box a chocolates at the end of the year.

This is the interesting fact I learned today.

Here is this year's box -

From what I understand, this is something that was started by a previous mayor as a way to encourage fuzzy feelings for reelection and has since become somewhat of a tradition. This is also something that perhaps the current mayor would like to "supprimer"* - which would not make him very popular and perhaps discourage his reelection. Hence, at least for the time being, it's still a line item in the budget...

*supprimer = delete or eliminate