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Nachrichten.fr · 06/04/2026

Paris Dreams of the Megacity: Is the Capital of Seven Million Coming?

Paris is thinking big again. Very big indeed. A new reform proposal from the High Commissioner for Planning, Clément Beaune, is currently sparking intense debates in politics and administration. The vision: a capital city with seven million inhabitants, a unified administration, and the end of those municipal borders that have shaped the Greater Paris area for decades. What at first glance appears to be a technocratic administrative reform actually touches…

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