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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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…
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He is seen as a potential successor to President Macron, who is no longer allowed to run after two terms.
Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will take part in the presidential elections next year.
Chief of Renaissance, the Macronian party, Attal has long been in the electoral campaign, with the aim of conquering the role of extreme "anti" in an election that sees the far-right party Rassemblement National, by Marine Le Pen dominate the polls
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