This second five-year term like no other is far from over, yet 2027 and its cohort of putative candidates are already moving forward. THE last reshuffle with Gabriel Attal at its head – and that puts Rachida Dati back in the saddle – is a new turning point. Behind the scenes, some are learning to dodge tripping, others are familiarizing themselves with the art of conspiracy, in short, everyone is preparing for the post-Emmanuel Macron era with rigor and determination. The L’Express political department offers to help you follow, thanks to a weekly meeting on our websitethe progress of those ambitious people who hope to climb, quickly and without injury, the steps of power.
The motion of censure and Liot’s dilemma
Censorship or not censorship with the LR? At Liot, who was 9 votes away from bringing down the government during the pension reform, it is not so easy to enact a common position this time. “We are divided on the timing: only a quarter of the group is ready to vote for it before the European elections,” explains a parliamentarian who observes the other quarter of the group who, for his part, would have no interest at all in bringing down the government before June 9. “The UDI has signed an agreement with the majority for these deadlines, so some of our colleagues will surely want to fall into line.” And the same to rack his brains: “Basically, I really don’t want to give the point to the LRs…” Why keep it simple…
The Braun-Pivet offensive
Yaël Braun-Pivet had lunch this Wednesday April 10 with François Bayrou. On the menu, proportional of course, which the President of the National Assembly wants to introduce for the legislative elections in the departments electing 10 deputies or more, and of which the president of the MoDem is an ardent supporter. She is currently meeting each of the group presidents – she will see Marine Le Pen on Thursday – and plans to discuss it with Gérard Larcher at the end of the month. Yaël Braun-Pivet was alongside Emmanuel Macron last Sunday, for the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation on the Glières plateau. And the president encouraged her to keep moving forward.
After the Jadot melon, the Glucksmann watermelon?
The socialist candidate’s poll momentum continues to accelerate, and he is getting ever closer to Valérie Hayer, the head of the Renaissance list. In Glucksmann’s entourage, people puff out their chests and start to imagine that he will end up overtaking her on June 9 at the polls. And after ? François Hollande and those close to him are already seeing the awakening of social democracy, and the little music of return is getting louder. Anne Hidalgo’s entourage applauds a campaign that resembles that of the socialist in 2022, just that. “That’s the problem with socialists: as soon as we get a little oxygen, we see ourselves more beautiful than beautiful,” worries a socialist oil. Some have already warned Glucksmann: watch out for June 10, the day after the European elections. “The Jadot syndrome lies in wait,” adds our source, in reference to the ecologist, with his 13% in 2019, who was seen too early on the steps of the Élysée. “We know the speed of the electoral slides in the PS,” murmurs a socialist deputy. Raphaël Glucksmann told us that his future is European but if he gets 18%, he becomes a putative candidate and also an actor in the rally of the left. He will have a responsibility.” The melon season, from July to September, in your gardens and also in the corridors on the left.
Bardella, his book and the Pléiade…
An autobiography under 30 years old. The area is usually reserved for reality TV stars. But we have known for several months that Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally, decided to embark on the exercise. The work is planned for the day after the European elections in June. The well-established com’ nevertheless encountered a few leaks in the press. The Obsfirst, revealed that it would be edited by Eric Zemmour’s former editor, Lise Boëll, who joined Fayard. The world, then, that the journalist Jean-François Achilli would have provided some advice… In short, the project is taking a bit of water, and at the RN, we happily make fun of it. “It seems very complicated to me,” says an executive. “He will have to change publisher, title, even writer perhaps. He would do better to concentrate on his campaign.” Beyond the adventures that surround it, it is the book project itself which arouses some mockery. “He is convinced that the book is a must, laughs a lieutenant of Marine Le Pen. But hey… Before Bardella is at La Pléiade, we have time.”
…And Bardella sorts out the European list
It’s spring cleaning. A little over a month before the submission of the final list for the European elections, we are sorting things out at the National Rally. And the list of outgoing MEPs not reappointed grows longer as the days go by. Jean-Lin Lacapelle, firstly, close to Jordan Bardella, was informed that he would not be part of the system. This week, it’s the turn of André Rougé, specialist in overseas issues and head of the Horaces (this secret club of senior civil servants who advise Marine Le Pen) to be landed. Justification: “He scares everyone and constantly oversells his overseas network.”
Make way for the new generation: beyond the publicized rallies, the European elections are also an opportunity to reconcile the chapels and reward the faithful. The Catholics were given their signal with the inauguration of the lawyer Alexandre Varaut, lovers of respectability relished the arrival of the former high official Fabrice Leggeri, and historical activists like Gilles Pennelle (also a former member of identity formation Earth and People) will have the right to their place in the sun. The young guard should be treated too. In the corridors, names are whispered. That of Gaétan Dussaussaye, responsible for communications and close to Jordan Bardella, of Pierre-Romain Thionnet, loyal to the chef, controversial for his inclinations considered too identity-based, of Andréa Kotarac, collaborator of Marine Le Pen who began by getting lost in Rebellious France. “We still feel that all these arrangements are burdening Jordan, having to accommodate everyone,” concedes a resident of the European Parliament. Only a few more days of patience for the others, since the first 30 names on the list should be revealed on May 1, during the traditional gathering of the far-right party, which will take place in Perpignan.
When Hanouna tries to constitute the LR list
Eric Ciotti is used to discussing with Laurent Wauquiez or Gérard Larcher. Less with Cyril Hanouna, even if the two men know each other. The C8 host recently made a funny phone call to the president of the Republicans (LR). During the conversation, the TPMP star pleaded for the presence of Laurence Sailliet on the LR list in the European elections. “He called him for another reason, but took the opportunity to praise his qualities,” whispers an LR executive. MEP LR was indeed a columnist for her show “Balance ton post!” for two years, before entering the European Parliament in September. She replaced Agnès Evren, elected to the Senate. Cyril Hanouna’s influence was in vain. Laurence Sailliet announced JDD that she would ultimately not support François-Xavier Bellamy’s list, highlighting her many “points of disagreement” with the elected official.
Tondelier has a failing memory
“The very morning of the election, where he [Yannick Jadot] ends at 13.75%, pollsters give it at 6%”, noted the national secretary of the Greens Marine Tondelier on France Inter, Tuesday. Missed! The head of the green list for the 2019 Europeans was given at more than 9%. , and will end at 13.4%. But hey, we can reassure ourselves as best we can…
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