Summary of short sentences and highlights from Sunday political broadcasts, 161 days from April 18, 2027.
161 days before the first round of the 2027 presidential election, Raphaël Glucksmann claims to have refused to be Prime Minister after the 2024 legislative elections, Laurent Wauquiez calls for a single candidate from the right before Christmas, and Fabien Roussel maintains his candidacy despite rallies to Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
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The article reports on French political news 161 days before the first round of the 2027 presidential election, scheduled for April 18, 2027. It follows the legislative elections of 2024 and the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon by Emmanuel Macron.
Did you have a good Sunday? We are delighted for you, we followed the political broadcasts of the day, read the political pages of the daily newspapers... In short, we scrutinized the little sentences, the facts and the gestures of the 2027 presidential election. Here is what to remember 161 days from April 18, 2027, date of the first round.
The plot twist of the day
Raphaël Glucksmann affirmed on BFMTV on Sunday that he had refused to be Prime Minister after the 2024 legislative elections, proof according to him of his ideological distance from Macronism.
“From the beginning”, the social democratic candidate for the presidential election “refused” to be Emmanuel Macron’s minister, including “Prime Minister […] post-dissolution”, he said.
After several weeks of consultations with the different parties, Emmanuel Macron finally chose to appoint LR Michel Barnier to Matignon, which did not last long.
The day's boredom
The right can't take it anymore. The head of the LR deputies, Laurent Wauquiez, solemnly demanded on Sunday on France Inter and France 2 that the “declared candidates of the right” agree to bring out a “single candidate” in the presidential election “before Christmas”.
We need “firstly, a single candidate, a single program, a break with Macronism. Second, a calendar. This calendar is a unique candidate before Christmas,” said the former president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, guest on the “Franc-jeu” show.
The determined of the day
Fabien Roussel affirmed on Sunday that he would go “to the end” of his presidential candidacy, recalling that the Communist Party had made the “democratic choice” to “designate him as (its) candidate”.
However this week, nine deputies from the communist and overseas group (including three members of the PCF) announced their support for the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, qualified in all the polls for a second round against Marine Le Pen, when Fabien Roussel is credited with 2% to 3% of voting intentions.
The number of the day
Less than six months before the presidential election, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu brings together social partners in Matignon to try to calm social anger linked to the rise in fuel prices and the demonstrations by high school students. He promises concrete answers on purchasing power, with ideas such as anticipating an increase in the minimum wage and a gesture on the energy check.

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Fabien Roussel affirms that he will go “to the end” of his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, despite the support of nine communist and overseas deputies for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, credited with 2% to 3% of voting intentions against 30% estimated for Mélenchon.