US EditionFrench conservative leader Retailleau announces presidential run
Retailleau pledges order, justice, and border control using referenda, and aims to re-industrialize France with an 'ecology of progress,' despite 69% doubting his presidential viability.
- On Thursday, Bruno Retailleau announced he will run for president in the 2027 election as former interior minister and head of the centre-right Republicans party.
- Framing his bid as a response to what he called 'technocratic excesses,' Retailleau argued France had become weak amid global threats, criticizing Macron's era.
- He pledged to restore order via referenda on immigration and criminal justice, and to re-industrialize and promote an `ecology of progress`, according to his campaign platform.
- An Ifop poll published on Thursday found 69% said Retailleau didn't have what it takes to be president, suggesting he faces an uphill electoral battle despite leading a strong parliamentary bloc.
- Since departing government, Retailleau has criticized the executive after resigning shortly after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu took office last October, which also prompted Lecornu's resignation.
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The Republican leader also promises citizen consultations on criminal justice and the primacy of French law.
LR's boss, former Minister of the Interior, throws himself into the water based on his favourite themes: immigration and security.
The boss of the Republicans party and former Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau declared his candidacy for President 2027. An announcement that was expected.
The former Minister of the Interior hopes to speed up its competitors.
The President of the Republicans announced on Thursday his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027. So here he is officially launched in the race for the Elysée. A few hours after warning the elected LR, the former Minister of the Interior responds to Gilles Bouleau in the JT of 20H, which you can follow here. - IN DIRECT - Candidate for the presidential election 2027, Bruno Retailleau invited from the JT of TF1 (Politics).
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