Politics · France · 3 hrs ago
Wauquiez urges French right-wing candidates to agree on one presidential nominee
Laurent Wauquiez wants right-wing candidates to unite ahead of France’s 2027 presidential election.
He called for candidates from the right and centre-right to meet within 15 days and settle on a way to choose one nominee.
He wants one candidate and one shared programme before Christmas, with a clear break from President Emmanuel Macron’s politics.
Wauquiez says the candidates should decide how to choose, though he prefers a primary election.
He says too many candidates risk splitting the vote, and he does not plan to run in a primary himself.
He says the process should be open to candidates such as Gabriel Attal if they support a right-wing or centre-right programme, while Sarah Knafo and her Reconquête party are being excluded by other candidates.
The candidates are expected to agree on a selection method next, but no meeting or decision has yet been announced.
Laurent Wauquiez called for French right-wing presidential candidates to meet within 15 days and agree on a single nominee.
He said they should settle on one candidate and one programme before Christmas, with a clear break from Macronism.
Wauquiez said the candidates should decide how to choose their nominee, though he prefers a primary.
He said he does not plan to run in a primary himself.
Wauquiez said the candidates named by him exclude Sarah Knafo and the Reconquête party from the process.
- Who
- Laurent Wauquiez called for the meeting. He wants candidates from the right and centre-right to take part.
- What
- He urged them to agree on one presidential nominee and one programme.
- When
- He made the appeal on 8 November 2026 and called for a meeting within 15 days, with a nominee agreed before Christmas.
- Where
- France. Wauquiez made the appeal on France Inter and France 2.
- Why
- He said the right has too many candidates and should unite around a programme clearly breaking with Macronism.
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Wauquiez reached out to Édouard Philippe.
Wauquiez called for right-wing candidates to meet within 15 days and agree on a method to choose a nominee.
Wauquiez wants the candidates to agree on one nominee and one programme.
- Meeting deadline
- Within 15 days of 8 November 2026
- Nominee deadline
- Before Christmas
- Preferred selection method
- Primary
- Candidates mentioned
- David Lisnard, Bruno Retailleau and Édouard Philippe
- Excluded from candidacies, according to Wauquiez
- Sarah Knafo and Reconquête
What people are saying
This is a bloodbath. This massacre must stop.
We have very good candidates, but our problem is that we have too many.
Now, what we need to do is add up our talents rather than have them oppose one another.
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Présidentielle : “C’est une boucherie” déplore Laurent Wauquiez (@laurentwauquiez), qui souhaite, “avant Noël, un candidat unique de la droite, avec un programme unique et une rupture claire avec le macronisme”. Et pour cela, il appelle les candidats déclarés de la droite et du