# 2027 French elections: Macron’s broad coalition idea fails to gain traction, even among his own successors

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/2027-french-elections-macrons-broad-coalition-idea-fails-to-gain-traction-even-among-his-own-successors/
- Published: 2026-11-06T09:41:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T12:05:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Le Monde (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/11/06/2027-french-elections-macron-s-broad-coalition-idea-fails-to-gain-traction-even-among-his-own-successors_6773362_5.html
- Topics: Elections, Europe, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Macron wants a broad alliance behind one 2027 presidential candidate.
- His proposal has drawn little support, even from political allies.
- Candidates remain divided over the coalition’s scope and timing.

## Summary

Emmanuel Macron has urged France’s social democrats, centrists and right-wing politicians to unite behind one candidate before the first round of the 2027 presidential election. The proposal has attracted little support, including from figures once seen as his political successors, as a fragmented centrist bloc raises the prospect of a run-off between the far-right National Rally and radical-left France Unbowed.

Macron’s proposed alliance would stretch from Socialist candidate Raphaël Glucksmann to right-wing mayor David Lisnard, with candidates expected to clarify their positions on both extremes. Gabriel Attal, who had called for a broad primary, retreated to a narrower contest between the centre and right after being rebuffed; candidates including Glucksmann, Lisnard and conservative Bruno Retailleau rejected Macron’s idea. Critics also question whether such a coalition could work before the first round, given divisions between the parties and the risk that it would look like a last-ditch bid to shape the succession.

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