Former premier Attal enters race for French president, sparking battle for centrist vote
Attal enters a crowded centrist race as polls show the far-right National Rally leading and moderates split over who can best defeat it.
- On Friday, May 22, former Premier Gabriel Attal announced his 2027 presidential candidacy during a public debate in the village of Mur-de-Barrez in Aveyron.
- With President Emmanuel Macron unable to seek a third consecutive term in 2027, Attal launched his campaign after distancing himself from the president's 2024 parliamentary dissolution.
- The Renaissance party leader faces competition from 55-year-old Edouard Philippe, who leads the Horizons party and announced his presidential bid in September 2024.
- Attal criticized current French politics as "managing decline," pledging to uplift individuals so "everyone in France can say to themselves that their children, their grandchildren will have a better life."
- Opinion polls suggest Philippe could win a potential runoff against the far-right Rassemblement National, positioning the centrist camp as a counterweight to the party's 2027 advance.
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France’s Youngest Prime Minister Enters Presidential Race
France’s political stage just got a lot more crowded — and a lot more intense.Gabriel Attal, once the country’s youngest-ever prime minister, has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the 2027 presidential race. Declaring his candidacy in a rural French village under the blazing sun of Mur de Barrez.His message? He’s done with what he called “50 shades of managing decline.”“I have decided to run for president,” said the 37-year-old centris…
Sébastien Chenu, swept the announcement of Gabriel Attal's presidential candidacy. The vice-president of the RN announced his erasure behind Édouard Philippe before the first round.
Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced this Friday his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027, becoming the second centre-right leader to aspire to succeed Emmanuel Macron, who can no longer stand for reelection. Attal, 37 years old, became in January 2024 the youngest prime minister and the first openly homosexual in France, and held that position for eight months, after pushing as Minister of Education the fight against …
Within a year of the presidential election, Gabriel Attal embarked on the battle. The former Prime Minister and Secretary General of Renaissance formalized his candidacy this Friday, May 22 since Aveyron. In the center, the battle begins then Edward Philippe, president of Horizons, has long been declared. In 2027, there will be room only for one candidate of the center, the two men have agreed, the least well placed in the polls will be behind t…
Le Pen stated that, if the Court deprives her of the right to be elected, she will take part in the election campaign in favor of Bardella.
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