Presidential 2027: In bookstores, the LFI program book sells better than Goncourt and Bardella's book

Saturday November 7, La France insoumise (LFI) succeeded in a new show of force by bringing together 20,000 people at the Bourget exhibition center (Seine-Saint-Denis). A big gathering intended to present the 2027 edition of their L’Avenir en commune program. A symbol of the power of the movement, the programmatic book exceeded 45,000 copies during the week of November 2 to 8, according to the NielsenIQ Book Data barometer and information from RTL. And thus dethrones the 33,000 sales of the Goncourt prize awarded to Philippe Jaenada, for L'Inconnu du quai de Javel (Éditions Flammarion), awarded on November 3.

Sold at the price of 4.50 euros (Éditions La dispute), the booklet presents more than 1,000 proposals, where “ecological bifurcation” takes precedence. Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party promises retirement at 60, a 32-hour week, the regularization of undocumented workers, the creation of "ecoregions" or even "self-declaration" of sick leave, without going to a doctor. However, none of these measures is quantified, the question being postponed until later. The approximately 1,069 proposals will be broken down into around twenty “thematic booklets” between now and the first round of the election.

LFI, which prides itself on being the only party to present a complete program, is also the only one to market it in this form. Although a free version is available on their site. Sold at 3 euros in 2022, the booklet sold 144,000 copies throughout the campaign.

The program manager, Clémence Guetté, welcomed these results on Tuesday. “The first print run of 80,000 copies was robbed in a few hours on the day of its release,” assures the MP for Val-de-Marne, and “300,000 copies are being reprinted.” The figures were immediately compared to the sales of Gouverner (Éditions Fayard), the third book by the president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, which sold a little more than 10,000 copies in the same week according to RTL.