- To elected next French PM and Parliament (or National Assembly).
- NA: powerful than French Senate | controlled by the PM.
Centrist ‘Together’ Alliance
- Alliance led by French President Emmanuel Macron.
- PM candidate | current French PM Gabriel Attal | 35 years old | youngest post WWII PM.
- Also called ‘Baby Macron’ | openly declared gay | declared French PM in January 2024.
- Facing a dauting task | rise of far-right and re-born left leaning political alliance in France.
- Joined Socialist Party at 17 | made Education Minister in 2023.
- Was French Govt spokesperson during COVID pandemic.
National Rally (RN) Party
- Far-right, anti-immigrant | led by Marine Le Pen.
- Jordan Bardella | RN party president | PM candidate.
- 28 years old | has Italian roots | parents of Italian origin.
- Le Pen’s protégé | an effort to soften RN’s anti-immigrant image.
- Joined Marine Le Pen’s when he was just 16 | grew up in French social housing project.
- Led RN in 2019 European elections | was made RN president in 2022.
- Focusing on | what RN says it is fighting for | preserving French identity | tax rationalization with no tax for under 30s | to reduce VAT on fuel and power | more jobs | & stable family income.
New Popular Front (NFP)
- Coalition of Left-wing parties.
- No declared PM candidate.
- Raphael Glucksmann, 44 | Socialist Party.
- Jean-Luc Melenchon, 72 | from hard-left France Unbowed Party | fought 2012, 2017 and 2022 French presidential polls.
- Laurent Berger, 55 | former head of a trade union | CFDT.