Paris Mayor Hidalgo gives details of Tahiti trip

PARIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo responded to criticism of her trip to French Polynesia by publishing a list of meetings she attended and although she did not visit the Olympic surfing site in Tahiti, she said her deputy in charge of sports did. The surfing events at next year’s Paris Olympic Games will be held in Tahiti. Hidalgo’s trip was presented as an inspection of the facilities but no photographs were published and her political opponents described it as a “holiday”. Hidalgo stayed a week in the overseas territories of Nouvelle Caledonie and Tahiti and extended her visit for personal reasons. “The Mayor of Paris extended her official trip with private time at her own expense.…