French Politics / Presidential Elections
Who governs?
What changes?
The people seeking power. The ideas, institutions and conflicts behind their promises. Two ways into the same election.
18 April · 2 May 2027 Service-public.fr (official)
Start with the rules: how the two-round election works ↗olitical
Profiles ↗
Publicly declared contenders, not a legally validated final ballot. The same questions and layout for everyone; the evidence depth varies.
Anasse KazibRévolution permanente
Benoît MathieuIndependent
Bernard CazeneuveLa Convention
Bruno RetailleauLes Républicains
David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
Delphine BathoGénération écologie
Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Éric ZemmourReconquête
Fabien RousselParti communiste français
Florian PhilippotLes Patriotes
Francis LalanneFrance libre
François AsselineauUnion populaire républicaine
François RuffinDebout!
Gabriel AttalRenaissance
Jean-Luc MélenchonLa France Insoumise
Karim BouamraneParti socialiste (outside primary)
Manolo MlekuzTrajectoire
Marine Le PenRassemblement national
Marine TondelierLes Écologistes
Mira MarkovicParti animaliste
Natacha PolonyIndependent
Nathalie ArthaudLutte ouvrière
Nicolas Dupont-AignanDebout la France
Olivier BechtRenaissance (affiliated)
Philippe BrunParti socialiste
Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique (joint primary winner)
Selma LabibNPA – Révolutionnaires
Xavier BertrandNous France
ssues ↗
Words, rights, public money, borders and everyday life. Follow a recognizable object into the political choices underneath.
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Language / legitimacy
02Who gets to define “extreme”?
The republican barrier
03A victory. But a mandate for what?
Identity / everyday life
04Eggs. Names. A running scarf. Islam, again?
Colonialism / national memory
05The past is not past policy.
Le Pen / Bardella / RN
06New name. New face. New politics?
Mélenchon / La France insoumise
07One leader. Several kinds of power.
Philippe / Attal / political inheritance
08After Macron, what survives?
Alliance / disagreement / leadership
09One left. No single route to power.
A field guide for outside readers
10France does not fit on your party map.
School protests / democratic voice
11Before the riot label, hear the demand.
The machinery of governing
12The president wins. Then what?
Europe / Brexit / sovereignty
13Take back control. Over what?
NATO / Russia / Ukraine
14An alliance is not one switch.
A media-reading desk
15The event. The headline. The owner.
Rights / nation / accountability
161789 is still arguing with us.
Israel / Palestine / international law
17Recognition is an act. So are the limits.
Sovereignty / bases / relationships
18Africa is not a French policy backdrop.
China / the Indo-Pacific / overseas citizens
19France is also here.
Two audiences / one relationship
20Allies. Not interchangeable.
Energy / trade / household budgets
Your bill has a foreign policy.
Research cutoff: 29 October 2026. Public declarations and policy evidence remain subject to change. Single-source and conflicting records are flagged on individual profiles.