France Elects 🇫🇷

🇫🇷 | Poll for the first round of municipal elections in Paris | hypothesis of a divided left : ▪️R. Dati (RE) : 26% ▪️E. Grégoire (PS-PC) : 19% ▪️D. Belliard (ECO) : 15% ▪️S. Chikirou (LFI) : 14% ▪️F. Szpiner (LR) : 8% ▪️P-Y. Bournazel (HOR) : 7,5% ▪️T. Mariani (RN) : 5,5%

🇫🇷 Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier officially nominated by Les Républicains in Paris's 2nd constituency, where a by-election is to be held. Culture Minister Rachida Dati maintains her dissident candidacy.

🗞️Prime Minister Bayrou criticises the trade agreement between the EU and the United States, describing it as ‘submission’ to Trump. For his part, the Minister for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, stated that ‘the current situation is unsatisfactory and cannot be sustained’.

Following Macron's announcement on the recognition of a Palestinian state, MP Caroline Yadan, who represents French citizens in Israel and the Palestinian territories, has announced that she is leaving the presidential parliamentary group as a full member but will remain…

🇫🇷🇵🇸 | It's official: France will recognise the state of Palestine. This was announced by President Emmanuel Macron.

🇫🇷 | Voting intentions in the 2nd constituency of Paris - by-election, first round : ▪️R. Dati (RE) : 33% ▪️F. Comet (NFP) : 30% ▪️M. Barnier (LR) : 28% ▪️T. Mariani (RN) : 8% ▪️C. Joliveau (LO) : 1%

🇫🇷 | According to an Ifop poll commissioned by Renaissance, Rachida Dati is set to win the second round of the by-election in Paris's 2nd constituency against former Prime Minister Michel Barnier (LR/EPP). 🩶 Rachida Dati : 52% 💙 Michel Barnier (LR/PPE) : 48%

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati and former Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn to stand trial on corruption charges

🇫🇷 | Prime Minister François Bayrou breaks a new unpopularity record. A majority of French people (50%) are very unhappy with him, a record in the history of the Fifth Republic.

🇫🇷 | 44% (+14) of French people are now in favour of dissolving the National Assembly. And 59% of French people say they would like a new Prime Minister. Source : Ipsos-BVA / RTL.

🇫🇷 | 71% of French people, if they were MPs, would vote against the adoption of the 2026 budget presented by Prime Minister François Bayrou

🇫🇷 Prime minister François Bayrou's favourability rating falls to 12%. Lowest on record for a sitting PM (Cluster17).

There's more to come: another minister, Clara Chappaz, would like to run in this constituency. If this is the case, we will have three candidates from the « bloc central » (government coalition LR+ENS) pitted against each other in a legislative by-election.

🇫🇷 | 58% (+6 compared to the last poll) of French people now want the Bayrou government to be censured.