Albert Zennou: "Bruno Retailleau or the Revenge of the Right Trocadéro"

Bruno Retailleau was elected President of the Republicans last Sunday against Laurent Wauquiez. Announced on Wednesday, he is not included in the list of the new governing team of the LR of the current Minister of the Interior. On the other hand, the Euro MP François-Xavier Bellamy was appointed in the organizational chart.Find all our articles "Your opinion on the act"We asked you if you think Bruno Retailleau was able to revive the right and t…

"Say, when will you come back?" sang Barbara, before it also became a hymn at a political and media right looking for her new Nicolas Sarkozy. So, Bruno Retailleau is finally the right candidate?

CHRONIQUE - A year ago, the new president of the Republicans was invisible and inaudible. Few people would have relied on his rise to the point of beginning to worry Édouard Philippe. What if his chance was to find the lost electorate of François Fillon in 2017?

CHRONIQUE. Would Bruno Retailleau's brilliant success at the head of the Republicans have sounded the victory of the conservative right? His lack of electoral achievement would rather be prudence, observes historian Jean-Marc Albert.

On the weekend of 17-18 May, Republican members voted for their leader, a vote which ended with a plebiscite in favour of Bruno Retailleau, who was elected leader of the party with more than 74% of the votes. A solution that pleases a good part of the media, who see it as a refocusing of the Republicans.

"Congratulations to Bruno Retailleau for his magnificent victory. I believe that the French committed want us to make a common cause to get our country out, as far as possible, of the difficulties it is facing. They love diversity and want solidarity" (François Bayrou, May 18, 2025 on Twitter). The warm congratulations of Prime Minister François Bayrou to his Minister of State, Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau for his brilliant (...)