This second five-year term like no other is far from over, yet 2027 and its cohort of putative candidates are already moving forward. Behind the scenes, some learn to dodge trippers, others become familiar with the art of conspiracy, in short, everyone prepares post-Emmanuel Macron with rigor and determination. The political department of L’Express 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.
European: the ideas of Pannier-Runacher
To resolve the formidable question of the head of the list for the European elections, the Minister of Energy Transition has an idea: “We take a barometer of notoriety of the 10 best-known personalities in the government, we select the 5 best known and we puts it at the top of the list. The National Rally resolved the issue by sending a headliner, Jordan Bardella.” With this reasoning, Bruno Le Maire, who so far is in decline, and Elisabeth Borne, seem more coherent choices than Stéphane Séjourné, the loyal but unknown to the general public boss of Renaissance and president of the Renew group in the European Parliament. “I could have been credible,” says Agnès Pannier-Runacher in a small group. “But there are three people who know me!” A refreshing sagacity.
Macron and the obsession with “priorities”
In the entourage of the Head of State, lately, we are sighing… Emmanuel Macron would only have one question on his lips so as not to miss his return to school in January 2024: “What are the priorities?” So, around him, we hear: security, justice, school, health… With, it must be said, the impression of stuttering a lot. An advisor, lucid and weary, whispers: “It’s exasperating! We know them, the priorities, the problem is the implementation, the strategy.” Dare we add: incarnation?
Elisabeth Borne, you see clearly that you see badly
While the scenario of a big reshuffle at the beginning of 2024 continues to circulate – certain grunts from Macronie have abandoned Elisabeth Borne after having supported her for a long time -, a close friend of the president thus defines the place of the Prime Minister in the within the executive couple: “It does not print, but it does not demerit; it does not contribute, but it does not cost.”
The mayor who interests everyone except Le Pen
The interventions of the mayor of Romans-sur-Isère, Marie-Hélène Thoraval, after the death of Thomas, were closely observed by national political leaders. “She’s good, we could ask her to appear on our list in the European elections, right?” : Sébastien Chenu, vice-president of the RN, slipped the idea to Marine Le Pen. Who didn’t follow up: “It would be expensive to pay!”
Marion Maréchal: the economy will wait
Marion Maréchal had planned this fall to organize a highlight of her campaign on the economy, to highlight the differences between Reconquest, with its more liberal proposals, and the National Rally. But the news caught up with her, between the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, the assassination at Arras high school and the murder of Crépol.
A “stand-up” at the Élysée Montmartre?
The poster for the opening meeting at the Élysée Montmartre of the candidate Les Écologues (ex-EELV) for the European elections made headlines, even within her own party. On a purple chiaroscuro background, Marine Toussaint appears in the center, with her eyes closed. “It’s very interesting, these closed eyes… like the symbol of his reserve,” analyzes a Mu party executive, during an exchange, as an advertising psychologist. “It is certainly stylish, but it does not convey a popular aesthetic: a Marais aesthetic, at best,” continues the same. Then to conclude: “When I watch her, I especially tell myself that I’m going to have a stand-up evening.”
The (very) distant ambitions of former PS deputy Luc Carvounas
The Europeans? The municipal ones? The presidential election? But what are you talking about? Some socialists already have their minds set on what’s next, that is, 2028, the year of the next regional elections. Former MP Luc Carvounas, a Vallsist in his time (before breaking with the former Prime Minister), could well see himself leading the way for the PS in Ile-de-France. An open secret of the old pink house, which has resurfaced in recent days thanks to an article in Le Canard chainé where the person concerned was accused of having canceled the intervention of a member of a family of Hamas hostages at the Congress of Mayors. “I am the mayor of the communities,” he even said, according to the webfoot. “Fake news” defended Luc Carvounas who called the 34 mayors present that day around him as witnesses. In an internal loop within the PS, Carvounas demanded the support of his socialist comrades in a message in which he does not even hide his regional ambition: “Fakenews attack carried by Florence Portelli, 2028 begins”. He even knows his opponent!
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