Political return to school: the 2027 presidential race is in full swing

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• Direct Presidential 2027: Humanity Day, Rose Day, Young Republicans campus... The political season is in full swing

The National Rally also makes its parliamentary return to Le Touquet on Saturday, while former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, presidential candidate, goes to the agricultural festival organized by the Young Farmers in Metz.

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Seven months before the first round of the presidential election, political groups and candidates are getting active. On the left, the two radical left presidential candidates, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Fabien Roussel, will each speak at the Fête de l'Humanité, Saturday September 12, the first hoping in particular to collect the communist vote. Still on the left, but with less radicalism, the former socialist president François Hollande, still not a candidate but more than ever in the campaign, will go to Frangy-en-Bresse (Saône-et-Loire) on Saturday, for the traditional PS Rose Festival. On the right, Edouard Philippe, presidential candidate, must go to the Terres de Jim agricultural festival, in Metz (Moselle), organized by the Young Farmers. Bruno Retailleau, the president of the Republicans, is due to speak at the Jeunes Républicains back-to-school campus at Pavillon Baltard (Val-de-Marne). On the far right, the National Rally, meets in Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) for its parliamentary return. Follow our live stream.

Confrontation at the Fête de l'Humanité. PCF boss Fabien Roussel, who formalized his candidacy last weekend, will hold his first campaign meeting since the Fête de l'Humanité, at 6 p.m. “We are going to make big red that stains,” admits with a smile the spokesperson for the Communists, Léon Deffontaines. “On economic and social issues, we will be more left-wing and radical than Jean-Luc Mélenchon,” he adds. The rebellious leader has long taken the leadership of the radical left: he finished the first round in 2022 with 21.95% of the votes. Far, very far ahead of Fabien Roussel's 2.28%.

Bruno Retailleau with the Young Republicans. Invisible during the holidays, the president of the Republicans and party candidate for the Elysée, returned to the presidential campaign at the start of the school year. “I don’t understand what Bruno is proposing. For the moment, he is inaudible,” said a minister from LR, suspended from his party, to franceinfo. “The risk for us is to remain the second choice. That of the voters of Edouard Philippe as well as those of Marine Le Pen,” analyzes his close advisor for franceinfo.

The RN is making its parliamentary return to Le Touquet. Marion Maréchal, niece of Marine Le Pen, is one of the personalities expected at Le Touquet. His presence was discussed during a stormy meeting, franceinfo learned, against a backdrop of tensions within the far-right party between the faithful of Marine Le Pen and the supporters of Jordan Bardella.

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