{"id":2118387,"date":"2026-08-29T18:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2118387"},"modified":"2026-08-29T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:13:50","slug":"bardella-faure-lecornu-hollande-philippe-political-season-begins-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2118387","title":{"rendered":"Bardella, Faure, Lecornu, Hollande, Philippe: Political season begins in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/40\/35\/1200x675_cmsv2_062349ef-9114-5d1e-9b42-6003c72fa405-9894035.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2921543-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2921543\" data-cid=\"9894074\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2921543-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Bardella, Faure, Lecornu, Hollande, Philippe: Political season begins in France<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/40\/35\/1536x864_cmsv2_062349ef-9114-5d1e-9b42-6003c72fa405-9894035.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Olivier Faure and Boris Vallaud speak to the press after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron on 10 October 2025.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Olivier Faure and Boris Vallaud speak to the press after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron on 10 October 2025.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Thibault Camus<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Thibault Camus\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspOlivier Tolachides\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1788027230\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-08-29 20:13:50 +02:00\">29\/08\/2026 &#8211; 20:13 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is the main task facing the French Prime Minister, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, he told French daily <em>Le<\/em><em>Parisien<\/em> in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>With less than eight months to go before the first round of the presidential election and no majority in the National Assembly, Lecornu said he hopes to avoid a political stalemate by promising a budget&#8221;with measures that, for the most part, can be reversed by the new majority that emerges from the ballot box.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lecornu is not planning to raise taxes, but is instead preparing an agricultural &#8220;rescue plan&#8221; and a reform of sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>As for 2027, he repeats:&#8221;I don&#8217;t know in what language I have to say it, I am not a candidate in the presidential election. I am not getting involved in the presidential campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister was in Sens this Saturday for the summer school of the Laboratoire de la R\u00e9publique, the movement set up by former education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.<\/p>\n<h2>Olivier Faure calls for &#8216;ecological socialism&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>For his part, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, warned: &#8220;If the document that comes out of these debates is the one put forward by Messrs. Attal and Philippe with the support of the far right, then I am telling you we will vote to censure it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his speech at the PS summer meetings, he also urged the left to &#8220;build a barrier&#8221;against the alliance between&#8221;the far right&#8221; and &#8220;big money&#8221;. &#8220;The hour of ecological socialism has struck&#8221;, he added, while continuing to keep everyone guessing about his intentions ahead of the left-wing primary.<\/p>\n<h2>Jordan Bardella believes the RN can &#8216;win this election&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Visiting the Ch\u00e2lons-en-Champagne fair in the Marne, the president of the Rassemblement national (RN), Jordan Bardella, insisted that his party had &#8220;worked hard this summer on a programme to get the country back on its feet&#8221; and on the &#8220;presidential campaign&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">&#8216;Marine Le Pen is France&#8217;s last hope&#8217;, says Musk amid interference claims<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>For a time tipped as the far-right party&#8217;s candidate, Jordan Bardella ultimately had to fall in behind Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n<h2>A debate between \u00c9douard Philippe and Fran\u00e7ois Hollande<\/h2>\n<p>Another presidential contender, \u00c9douard Philippe (Horizons), took part on Saturday in a debate with former Socialist president Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, whose ambitions for 2027 appear to be growing.<\/p>\n<p>At the Laboratoire de la R\u00e9publique summer school, the two men agreed on what they see as the need to beware of the RN and La France insoumise (LFI).&#8221;In a country that is so divided, where discord has taken hold, where there is a form of radicalism, of populism, where people are set against one another, we must unite (\u2026) against all those who divide,&#8221;Fran\u00e7ois Hollande said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9douard Philippe, who hopes to bring together the right and the centre, also urged caution with regard to the two parties,&#8221;not because they are illegitimate in the public debate, but because they divide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While they both sound the alarm over the state of the French economy, the former head of state and the ex-prime minister are not prescribing the same remedies: Fran\u00e7ois Hollande is calling for an _&#8221;_increase in taxation&#8221;, whereas \u00c9douard Philippe advocates &#8220;keeping a lid on&#8221;social spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Who next? 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repeats: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know in what language I have to say it, I am not a candidate in the presidential election. I am not getting involved in the presidential campaign.&#8221;The Prime Minister was in Sens this Saturday for the summer school of the Laboratoire de la R\u00e9publique, the movement set up by former education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.Olivier Faure calls for &#8216;ecological socialism&#8217;For his part, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, warned: &#8220;If the document that comes out of these debates is the one put forward by Messrs. Attal and Philippe with the support of the far right, then I am telling you we will vote to censure it!&#8221;In his speech at the PS summer meetings, he also urged the left to &#8220;build a barrier&#8221; against the alliance between &#8220;the far right&#8221; and\u00a0&#8220;big money&#8221;. &#8220;The hour of ecological socialism has struck&#8221;, he added, while continuing to keep everyone guessing about his intentions ahead of the left-wing primary.Jordan Bardella believes the RN can &#8216;win this election&#8217;Visiting the Ch\u00e2lons-en-Champagne fair in the Marne, the president of the Rassemblement national (RN), Jordan Bardella, insisted that his party had &#8220;worked hard this summer on a programme to get the country back on its feet&#8221; and on the &#8220;presidential campaign&#8221;.For a time tipped as the far-right party&#8217;s candidate, Jordan Bardella ultimately had to fall in behind Marine Le Pen.A debate between \u00c9douard Philippe and Fran\u00e7ois HollandeAnother presidential contender, \u00c9douard Philippe (Horizons), took part on Saturday in a debate with former Socialist president Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, whose ambitions for 2027 appear to be growing.At the Laboratoire de la R\u00e9publique summer school, the two men agreed on what they see as the need to beware of the RN and La France insoumise (LFI). &#8220;In a country that is so divided, where discord has taken hold, where there is a form of radicalism, of populism, where people are set against one another, we must unite (\u2026) against all those who divide,&#8221; Fran\u00e7ois Hollande said.\u00c9douard Philippe, who hopes to bring together the right and the centre, also urged caution with regard to the two parties, &#8220;not because they are illegitimate in the public debate, but because they divide.&#8221;While they both sound the alarm over the state of the French economy, the former head of state and the ex-prime minister are not prescribing the same remedies: Fran\u00e7ois Hollande is calling for an &#8220;increase in taxation&#8221;, whereas \u00c9douard Philippe advocates &#8220;keeping a lid on&#8221; social spending.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/08\/29\/bardella-faure-lecornu-hollande-philippe-political-season-begins-in-france&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/40\/35\/1200x675_cmsv2_062349ef-9114-5d1e-9b42-6003c72fa405-9894035.jpg&#8221;] Sport Poga\u010dar abandons La Vuelta after heavy crash 33km from finish Europe News 50-boat flotilla sails to Ceuta amid migration tensions Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | August 29th, 2026 \u2013 Evening Europe News Iceland&#8217;s EU referendum sees high preliminary voter turnout Sport Poga\u010dar abandons La Vuelta after heavy crash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2118387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2118387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2118387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2118387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2118387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}