
Many figures are considering running in France's 2027 presidential election to succeed Emmanuel Macron, with a potential record number of candidates, according to polls and recent statements.
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The 2027 French presidential election is approaching, with current President Emmanuel Macron unable to run again after two terms. Several political figures are beginning to position themselves for succession.
Many personalities plan to run in 2027 to succeed Emmanuel Macron. The number of candidates could be record.
Presidential 2027: David Lisnard overtakes Bruno Retailleau on the right, according to a survey
DECRYPTION - In the event of simultaneous candidacies from the boss of LR and his counterpart from Nouvelle Énergie, the first reaches the alert rating, according to an Ifop-Fiducial study for LCI and Sud Radio. After his big victory in the primary, Raphaël Glucksmann is dynamic.
2027 presidential election: what do the latest polls say?
INFOGRAPHIC – Can riots reshuffle the presidential cards? To follow the evolution of the balance of power, Le Figaro aggregates the published polls and the different scenarios tested in a tool which ranks the candidates according to their chances of reaching the second round.
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The number of candidates for the 2027 presidential election could break historic records.
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David Lisnard could overtake Bruno Retailleau in the right-wing polls if both are candidates.
Possible · Within months
The Saturday demonstration brought together 550,000 people in France, including 110,000 in Paris, far exceeding intelligence forecasts. Violence and looting broke out in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Limoges. The government recognizes a failure of the services, citing the lack of staff, legal obstacles and the difficulty of monitoring the ultra-left.

Bruno Retailleau, Republican candidate for the 2027 presidential election, denounces the government's choice to set the second round for May 2, 2027, the day after May 1, due to the risks of unrest linked to union and political parades, citing the violence of October 17 and 18 as proof of potential instability.

With less than a month until the November 3 midterm elections, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are officially campaigning for Democrats to regain control of Congress from Republicans, with actions including a podcast, trips to Florida and Michigan, and appeals to the Hispanic vote and disappointed donors.

The LR mayor of Limoges, Guillaume Guérin, claims that the fire at the town hall of October 17 was premeditated, attributing responsibility to ultra-left and immigrant rioters, and threatens to resign if the State does not finance the reconstruction.

After the riots and looting of October 17 in France, Marine Le Pen delivered a solemn declaration at her office while Jordan Bardella visited a Parisian police station, resuming their respective roles of presidential posture and prime minister, in a context of past criticism from Mediapart on anti-Semitic remarks attributed to Bardella in 2013.

Gabriel Attal, presidential candidate, proposed on RTL a temporary and targeted blocking of certain social network platforms to stop the pack effect during the demonstrations of October 17, thus joining an idea previously mentioned by Nicolas Isnard, LR mayor of Salon-de-Provence, concerning the temporary ban on access to social networks used by young people to organize actions against educational establishments.