Presidential election 2027: François Fillon supports Bruno Retailleau

The “only credible candidate who is clearly on the right. » Former Prime Minister François Fillon on Saturday gave his support to Bruno Retailleau (LR) for the 2027 presidential election, during a speech on Saturday in Avignon.

“I only see one candidacy capable of triggering a national upheaval, it is that of Bruno Retailleau,” declared the former right-wing candidate for the 2017 presidential election, whose campaign had faltered with the revelations about his wife’s fictitious jobs, an affair for which he has since been definitively condemned.

Bruno Retailleau “is the only credible candidate who is clearly on the right, who has never varied in his convictions, and who is capable of generating a large gathering of the right,” added François Fillon during the opening speech of the Universities of the “Oser la France” movement of former MP and vice-president of LR Julien Aubert.

“This presidential election is not a reality TV show. It is the last exit on the highway which leads to the erasure of a nation, which made the Christian faith shine, then the republican ideal, and universalism,” added the former Prime Minister of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Struggling in the polls, LR candidate Bruno Retailleau proposed a debate on Thursday to his rival Edouard Philippe, the favorite of the central bloc in voting intentions, in order to confront their projects in front of the French.