2027 presidential election: Two longtime Macron allies call for coalition from Glucksmann to Bertrand

"No one will win or govern alone" in 2027, two longtime figures from Emmanuel Macron's political camp argue as they call for a broad coalition to be built before France's next presidential election.

Clément Beaune, the high commissioner for planning, and Philippe Grangeon, a former special adviser to Macron, launched what they described as a "solemn appeal". They want an alliance bringing together the center, a left wing "sealed off from LFI" and a right wing "impervious to the RN". The proposed political space would run from Raphaël Glucksmann to Xavier Bertrand.

The authors say France should attempt, for the first time under the Fifth Republic, to form such a coalition before the presidential vote rather than improvise one after a second-round result and then prepare for legislative elections. They address the appeal first to the centrist camp, then to the left and right they define as excluding LFI and the National Rally, and finally to citizens who refuse resignation.

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No one will win or govern alone in 2027.

Beaune and Grangeon identify three conditions. The center must not remain divided, they say, because it has contracted to around 16% to 18%. It must also avoid becoming too narrow, since defeating Marine Le Pen requires a broad first-round alliance. At the same time, the coalition must remain coherent rather than assembling incompatible forces.

They reject an alliance with all of Les Républicains under its current direction, saying a clear position against the far right is an absolute prerequisite. Their proposed process has three stages: agree on a common values document centered on Europe, democracy and youth; derive a coalition program from it; and select the candidate who will embody the alliance.

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We cannot defeat Marine Le Pen without a broad alliance.