2027 Election
Macron's 2026 New Year's address: 8.9 million viewers amid unpopularity
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President Emmanuel Macron's New Year's address on December 31, 2025—the shortest since 2017 at under 10 minutes—drew 8.9 million viewers, a decline from 2024. Delivered in a tone of resignation from the Élysée Palace, it highlighted economic resilience, outlined 2026 priorities, and addressed his 2027 departure, against a backdrop of political instability and low approval ratings.
Eighteen months before the 2027 presidential election, Olivier Faure and Raphaël Glucksmann held rival meetings this weekend, unveiling divergent strategic visions despite ideological similarities. Faure allied with ecologists and former insurgents in Trappes, while Glucksmann joined the center-left in Pontoise. These gatherings highlight a simmering rivalry within the left.
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Ségolène Royal, the first woman to reach the second round of a French presidential election in 2007, has published a new book to position herself in the left's ongoing debate ahead of 2027. She does not rule out joining a primary for the non-Mélenchonist left. This move follows her pattern of renewed political engagement before elections.