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French Centrists Struggle to Find Unity Candidate as Extremes Surge in Polls

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Supporters of centrist former PMs Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal fear they are fighting each other more than the far right and far left.

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The battle in the Macron camp in France ahead of the 2027 presidential elections risks turning into a civil war. While the rise of Marine Le Pen on the one hand and Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the other is causing intense concern among centrists, supporters of two former prime ministers, Emmanuel Macron, Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal, are trying to find a way for the Center to appear united against the two extremes. However, so far, no agreement …

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The former Prime Minister plans to bring together the different political families in order to prepare the next election deadlines and to structure a new dynamic Édouard Philippe will write

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The mayor of Le Havre "will take the initiative to propose to the families of the right and the center to meet at the Toussaint to talk about the continuation, to talk about the next, for a kind of +Committee of the After+", told the press the secretary general of the party, Christophe Béchu. Mr Philippe, who intends to "assemble the right and the center" within the framework of a "political composition", will write to the leaders of the parties…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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As a presidential candidate, Édouard Philippe wants to bring together the right and the centre. The mayor of Le Havre, who will leave the leadership of Horizons, plans to bring together the candidates and party leaders for Toussaint.

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Édouard Philippe met his first campaign committee this Tuesday and reached out to the right and centre so that everyone could meet towards Toussaint. Objective: to move ever faster around 2027.

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Liberation broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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