Bruno Retailleau
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- Oct 21
Ifop poll puts Le Pen far ahead after 17 October riots in France
Marine Le Pen would take 34% to 38% of the first-round vote and beat Jean-Luc Mélenchon 68% to 32% in a runoff, according to an Ifop poll published on Tuesday, 20 October. The survey followed protests against the high cost of living that turned into riots and looting across France.
- Oct 1
Gérard Larcher wins sixth term as French Senate president with 203 votes
The Les Républicains senator secured a first-round victory with 203 votes at the Palais du Luxembourg, maintaining conservative leadership as new far-right and hard-left groups enter the chamber.
- Sep 30
French prosecutor seeks fine for Béziers mayor over refused marriage
Montpellier prosecutors sought a 7,500-euro fine against Robert Ménard for refusing in 2023 to marry a French woman and an undocumented Algerian national subject to an expulsion order.
- Sep 27
National Rally and Allies Secure 15 Senate Seats to Form First Upper House Caucus
The French far-right party and its right-wing allies gained nine seats in Sunday's indirect election, surpassing the ten-seat threshold required to create an official parliamentary group in the upper house.
- Sep 22
Pope Leo XIV concludes four-day France visit in Metz after addressing abuse and European security
Pope Leo XIV completed a four-day visit to France on Monday, addressing European defense in Metz, meeting abuse survivors in Lourdes, and drawing 800,000 people to mass in Paris.
- Aug 27
Xavier Bertrand confirms 2027 French presidential bid as an independent candidate
Hauts-de-France regional president Xavier Bertrand confirmed his plans to contest the 2027 French presidential election during the Medef business conference, ruling out any participation in a centre-right primary.
- Aug 24
Raphael Glucksmann enters 2027 French presidential race through October social-democratic primary
The Place Publique MEP will compete in an October primary organized with the Socialist Party, promising a 15 billion euro wage plan funded by higher taxes on the top 1% while rejecting alliances with the radical left.
- Aug 23
Mélenchon proposes ecological conscription and eco-regions at LFI summer school
Jean-Luc Mélenchon closed his party's summer gathering in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère with proposals to reorganize France into river-basin eco-regions and establish mandatory civil defense conscription.
- Jul 26
Former economy minister Bruno Le Maire calls for 'system change' ahead of 2027 French presidential race
Two years out of office, Bruno Le Maire sketches a presidential platform built on 'rupture' and a new French model, without formally announcing a bid.
- Jul 5
Édouard Philippe launches 2027 presidential bid with Paris rally, casting himself as the unifying right‑centre candidate
The former prime minister drew about 5,000 supporters to the Adidas Arena on 5 July, unveiling his "Croire en nous" slogan and a programme centred on children, schools, and public‑finance discipline.
- Jul 1
Wauquiez opens door to Philippe, tells Retailleau to 'know how to withdraw' from 2027 race
Laurent Wauquiez, head of Les Républicains' parliamentary group, urged rival Bruno Retailleau to step aside if his presidential bid fails to gain traction, while praising Horizons candidate Edouard Philippe as capable of 'embodying order and seriousness.'
- Jun 15
Braun-Pivet dismisses punitive proposals over Lyhanna case, urges comprehensive approach
The French National Assembly president argued that life sentences, imprescriptibility, and chemical castration would not protect children, advocating instead for sex education, better medical care, and improved information sharing about offenders.
