2027 French presidential election: press review

• Présidentielle 2027 - Sondage : Le Pen domine toujours, Mélenchon progresse encore, Glucksmann peine à décoller (La Dépêche, 2026-11-03) : Nouvelle vague Ifop pour LCI : Marine Le Pen reste nettement en tête et Jean-Luc Mélenchon conforte sa deuxième place. Raphaël Glucksmann recule et le bloc central reste derrière.
• Présidentielle 2027 : Mélenchon s'installe derrière Le Pen, Glucksmann chute et Lisnard crée la surprise dans un sondage (RTL, 2026-11-03) : Selon l'Ifop (terrain du 27 au 29 octobre), Marine Le Pen obtient 35 à 37 % et Jean-Luc Mélenchon 17,5 à 18 %. Testé seul à droite face à Édouard Philippe, David Lisnard atteint 9 %.
• Présidentielle 2027. Sondage IFOP : Attal, encore en baisse et Philippe, stable, pas au second tour (Le Centrisme, 2026-11-03) : Le détail des quatre hypothèses de l'Ifop pour LCI : Gabriel Attal plafonne entre 5 et 9 %, Édouard Philippe reste à 15 % quand il est seul candidat du centre. Le cumul des candidats RN et LFI dépasse 61 %.
• Presidential 2027: Gérald Darmanin calls on Gabriel Attal and Bruno Retailleau to “rally behind Edouard Philippe” (CNews, 2026-11-03) : The Justice Minister asks the other candidates of the centrist bloc to fall in behind Édouard Philippe, whom he considers best placed for the second round. He rules out a primary for lack of time.
• Presidential election: Darmanin calls on Attal and Retailleau to “help” Philippe “qualify for the second round” (Boursorama (AFP), 2026-11-03) : On BFMTV, Gérald Darmanin says Édouard Philippe, polling at 16 to 17%, is the only candidate from the centrist bloc able to reach the second round. The report recalls the Cluster 17 poll for Politico of 26 October, in which Philippe ranks third behind Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
• Presidential 2027: Gérald Darmanin says the right and the centre have “no more time” to organise a primary (BFMTV, 2026-11-03) : A former advocate of a primary, Gérald Darmanin now considers it too late to hold one. He joins Édouard Philippe's position against that of Gabriel Attal.
• “I am not yet a candidate for the 2027 presidential election,” says Dominique de Villepin (franceinfo, 2026-11-03) : Speaking on France Inter, Dominique de Villepin postpones announcing his candidacy. He says the time is not right in a climate of widespread anger.
• Fabien Roussel calls for the mobilisation to continue “as long as the government does not hear this cry of suffering, pain, anger” (franceinfo, 2026-11-03) : The Communist candidate calls for social movements to continue and for mass mobilisations. He wants to use the budget debate to raise pensions.
• Presidential 2027: “The great task of the Rassemblement national will be to put France back in order at every level,” says Louis Aliot (Europe 1, 2026-11-03) : Guest on Europe 1-CNEWS's Grande Interview, the RN vice-president outlines the party's priorities if it wins. He promises to restore order in France on economic, social and security matters.
• Jean-François Copé urges the right to stop “constantly searching for General de Gaulle” (France 24 (AFP), 2026-11-03) : The LR mayor of Meaux invites the right to work with the candidates already declared in order to reach a single candidacy. He considers a primary pointless.
• Presidential 2027: Marine Le Pen is not a “French Giorgia Meloni”, says Raphaël Glucksmann (CNews, 2026-11-03) : Addressing the Association de la presse diplomatique, Raphaël Glucksmann calls the comparison of Marine Le Pen with Giorgia Meloni mistaken. He is concerned about the consequences of an RN victory for support for Ukraine.
• “It's inevitable”: Gabriel Attal clings to his primary despite Édouard Philippe's refusal (LCP, 2026-11-02) : On TF1, Gabriel Attal maintains his primary proposal and aims for an agreement by early 2027. He rejects a runoff between Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon and names Édouard Philippe as the sole categorical opponent.
• Presidential 2027: how LFI wants to broaden Mélenchon's electorate through Facebook (LCP, 2026-11-02) : Antoine Léaument urges LFI activists to invest in Facebook to reach an older electorate, drawing on Lula's digital campaign in Brazil. LFI is counting on young people to persuade their parents.
• For Minister Philippe Baptiste, “polls showing Marine Le Pen as the favourite are greatly worrying young people” (LCP, 2026-11-02) : The Minister of Higher Education partly links student unrest to concern over polls favouring Marine Le Pen. He backs Édouard Philippe.
• Presidential 2027: debate on Marine Le Pen's ineligibility revived (Public Sénat, 2026-11-02) : Jurists and former magistrates disagree on whether Marine Le Pen's appeal to the Court of Cassation has suspensive effect. The Constitutional Council must finalise the list of candidates on 26 March 2027.
• Marine Le Pen: Clément Beaune predicts “a major European crisis” if the RN candidate is elected president (Public Sénat, 2026-11-02) : Guest on Public Sénat's morning show, Clément Beaune says a Marine Le Pen victory would upend the European balance. He considers her plan to renegotiate the EU budget misleading.
• “The congress of France's mayors cannot become a moment of the presidential campaign”: with David Lisnard under challenge, something is happening at the AMF (Public Sénat, 2026-11-02) : Three weeks before the mayors' congress, David Lisnard's re-election as AMF president is being challenged by Philippe Laurent and some left-wing elected officials. Lisnard's entourage promises a temporary withdrawal in the event of victory.
• “Racism does not come out of nowhere”: the Greens have tabled a bill to ban the great replacement theory (Public Sénat, 2026-11-02) : Senator Akli Mellouli and MPs Sabrina Sebaihi and Steevy Gustave table a bill targeting statements that fall under the great replacement theory. The move follows the Trappes attack.
• Presidential: according to Darmanin, Mélenchon and Le Pen “will kill Europe as it exists” (Boursorama (AFP), 2026-11-02) : At a forum in Barcelona, the Justice Minister says a victory for Jean-Luc Mélenchon or Marine Le Pen would end today's Europe. He calls for a strongly pro-European winner.
• Within the RN's security service, the methods of “Kaiser's” shock group (Le Monde, 2026-11-02) : An investigation into the RN's security service during Marine Le Pen's campaign launch weekend in Orléans on 24 and 25 October. The paper describes a group tasked with identifying and expelling counter-protesters.
• Diesel price cut: “It's a positive step, but it is not enough,” says Raphaël Glucksmann (BFMTV, 2026-11-02) : Guest on BFMTV-RMC's Face-à-Face, the PS-Place publique candidate welcomes the drop in pump prices while calling it insufficient. Purchasing power remains at the heart of his campaign.
• Presidential 2027: according to Glucksmann, Le Pen would not be a “French Meloni” (20 Minutes, 2026-11-02) : Raphaël Glucksmann disputes the comparison between Marine Le Pen and the Italian Prime Minister. He fears an RN victory would weaken aid to Ukraine and Paris's influence in Europe.
• Presidential 2027: Christine Lagarde, the hope of a fallback candidacy for an unsettled centrist bloc (Le Figaro, 2026-11-02) : Christine Lagarde's early departure from the ECB fuels speculation about a fallback candidacy for the centre. No candidacy has been announced.
• Will there be a primary of the centre and right? Voters in the Macronist camp feel lost (franceinfo, 2026-11-02) : Franceinfo describes the bewilderment of centrist bloc voters faced with the proliferation of candidacies. Gabriel Attal argues for a primary that Édouard Philippe rejects.
• Defying bans, Éric Zemmour wants “a ministry of remigration” (Boulevard Voltaire, 2026-11-02) : At a Polémia colloquium broadcast on Radio Courtoisie after the prefect banned the event, Éric Zemmour proposes a ministry of remigration. He says his measures would be put to a referendum.
• 2027 presidential election: Édouard Philippe refuses the primary backed by Gabriel Attal (Politiquematin, 2026-11-02) : Édouard Philippe's refusal complicates Gabriel Attal's approach. Several officials on the right and centre still defend this method of choosing a candidate.
• Presidential 2027: Edouard Philippe does not want Gabriel Attal's primary (LCP, 2026-11-01) : On TF1, Édouard Philippe rejects the primary proposed by Gabriel Attal, which he says breeds division and confusion. He puts off until February the moment when everyone will take their responsibilities.
• Jean-Luc Mélenchon to boycott TF1 after what he calls a complacent interview with Edouard Philippe broadcast this Sunday (Ouest-France, 2026-11-01) : The LFI candidate cancels a planned appearance on TF1's 8 p.m. news. He accuses the channel of letting Édouard Philippe lay out his speech on immigration without challenging him.
• Presidential 2027: Natacha Polony said she could gather the 500 sponsorship pledges by next spring; here is where she stands (Midi Libre, 2026-11-01) : Natacha Polony claims 174 mayoral sponsorship pledges out of the 500 required. A pledge is not yet a signature validated by the Constitutional Council.
• Presidential 2027: Natacha Polony says she has received the backing of former minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, and 174 mayoral sponsorships (Le Parisien, 2026-11-01) : The former minister and founder of the Mouvement des citoyens backs Natacha Polony's candidacy; she had been part of his team in 2002. The candidate also highlights her sponsorship pledges.
• “My approach is independent”: David Lisnard denies wanting to govern with the RN (BFMTV, 2026-11-01) : The mayor of Cannes rejects suspicions of a governing alliance with the Rassemblement national. He claims an independent candidacy.
• Presidential 2027: MoDem MP Marc Fesneau calls for a primary ranging from “social democrats to the republican right”, without David Lisnard (BFMTV, 2026-11-01) : The head of the MoDem group defends a broad primary to produce a centrist and right-wing candidate. He excludes David Lisnard and says he is not very convinced by Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.
• “Forced takeover” of the constitutional court: Marine Le Pen “deeply” worried (Le Progrès, 2026-11-01) : Marine Le Pen reacts to the institutional crisis in Poland over the constitutional tribunal. She says she is deeply concerned by the situation.
• Edouard Philippe once again refuses to take part in a primary of the right and centre, which he calls a source of “division” and “confusion” (franceinfo, 2026-11-01) : Guest on TF1's evening news on Sunday, Édouard Philippe again ruled out taking part in a primary of the right and centre. He said it would be a source of division and cited officials who do not share the same views.
• 2027 presidential election: “a primary of division”, Édouard Philippe rules out Gabriel Attal's proposal (L'Express (via Orange), 2026-11-01) : On TF1's 8 p.m. news, Édouard Philippe rejected the idea of a primary of the right and centre. He postponed until February any decision on uniting his camp.
• A primary for the right and centre? Edouard Philippe will respond (20 Minutes (Suisse), 2026-11-01) : Before his appearance on TF1, this article looks at the debate over a primary on the right and centre. It recalls the opposing positions of Gabriel Attal and Édouard Philippe.
• Édouard Philippe rules out Attal's primary and links looting to young people from immigrant backgrounds on TF1 (La Nouvelle Tribune, 2026-11-01) : The site reports Édouard Philippe's refusal of a primary on TF1. It also notes his remarks on the looting during the October demonstrations.

Updated: 2026-11-03T08:53+01:00