Presidential 2027: Dominique de Villepin candidate, political excitement on the left and right

The former Prime Minister of Jacques Chirac said on Sunday on BFMTV that he would "multiply the fundraising meetings" to finance his campaign.

He takes one more step towards the Elysée. Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced, on Sunday August 30, his “intention” to be a candidate for the 2027 presidential election. “I want to be a candidate, I am fighting to be a candidate,” he declared on BFMTV. The former head of government of Jacques Chirac claimed to have collected "several hundred" sponsorships from elected officials, "but not enough" to cross the required threshold of 500 signatures. “I have a hundred representatives throughout the country who will ask mayors to find signatures” and “we are increasing the number of fundraising meetings to finance the campaign”, he added, while affirming that he intended to declare himself officially “when the electoral campaign has started beyond the platform games”.

Olivier Faure will start Sunday evening. The first secretary of the Socialist Party will formalize his candidacy for the left-wing primary, according to information from France Télévisions. "I have made the decision to run in this primary. I will announce it [Sunday] on '20 Heures' on TF1", wrote the boss of the PS to the deputies of his group, Saturday evening. “It’s time for clarification,” reacted the co-founder of Place publique, Raphaël Glucksmann, during the program “Franc-jeu”, broadcast on France 2 and France Inter.

Edouard Philippe at Gérald Darmanin in Tourcoing. Edouard Philippe is in the North for Gérald Darmanin's political comeback. The former Prime Minister is "the only person who can win", but also "the only person who can have a parliamentary majority in the Assembly", defended the Minister of Justice. This is the first time that the two men have appeared together since the first joined the second in mid-August in the campaign for the Elysée.

Gabriel Attal marks his “differences”. Visiting the Châlons-en-Champagne fair, the boss of Renaissance highlighted his “real differences” with Edouard Philippe. “We are not photocopies,” he said, judging that his center-right rival in the presidential election was campaigning “with the ideas of twenty years ago.”

Return to Haute-Loire for Laurent Wauquiez. Since 2012, it is in his stronghold of Mont Mézenc, in Haute-Loire, that Laurent Wauquiez has made his political comeback. According to L'Eveil de Haute-Loire, a few ministers should appear, including Annie Genevard, Jean-Didier Berger and Sébastien Martin.