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.
Accumulation of mandates: the hidden return
Eric Woerth, who will send Emmanuel Macron the report of his mission on decentralization by May 3, takes a long look at power sharing. Considering that “a democracy is embodied”, the former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy recommends returning to the thorny question of the accumulation of mandates, but he found a lexical trick to avoid using a term which smacks of sulfur…
Reconquest cries, LR laughs
The Republicans (LR) observe with relish the setbacks of the European Reconquest campaign. The head of the list Marion Maréchal and Eric Zemmour do not hide their strategic differences, against a backdrop of sluggish polls. LR leader François-Xavier Bellamy privately depicts a campaign close to disaster. “Their only salvation is to make more than 5%. They sabotage it by quarreling from the inside,” marvels an LR executive. Laurent Wauquiez must appreciate the show. He confided to an elected official his wish to see the Reconquest list finish below 5%, in order to free up space on the right.
Wise woman
Yaël Braun-Pivet has already spoken about it several times to Emmanuel Macron, whom she wants to convince to accomplish a historic gesture: to be the first president to appoint a woman as head of the Constitutional Council. The successor to Laurent Fabius will be designated at the beginning of next year.
Censorship: a window of opportunity
It is a leader of the presidential majority who says it: “If I were LR, I would table a motion of censure when Gabriel Attal draws his first budgetary 49.3. It would be the best time to stock up on votes.”
The about-face of the RN
Once is not customary, last minute change at the National Gathering. While Jordan Bardella presents his European project this Thursday in Paris, no frontist MEPs were expected in Budapest, at CPAC, a conference of American ultra-conservatives to which all the elite of the European and international extreme right are invited. But with less than 50 days before the European elections, we noted that it was fashionable to spare one’s allies. Number 3 on the RN list, Fabrice Leggeri, former director of Frontex, therefore hastened to book a ticket to the Hungarian capital, and will speak in front of the conservatives to praise the merits of the Frontist party.
The party is over
The RN no longer has the heart to party: bad news for one of its MEPs, close to Jordan Bardella, who according to the latest rumors will pay the price for this new sobriety. Jean-Lin Lacapelle, known for his sense of partying, would have been ousted from the list for the European elections due to his recurring excesses. “He slipped too many times and did not correct his situation despite multiple warnings… It was no longer possible,” laments a frontist falsely, smiling crookedly.
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