Presidential election 2027: the central bloc is organizing itself with a liaison committee

This time, it's not just talk of intentions or sound bites. Horizons, Édouard Philippe's party, and Renaissance, Gabriel Attal's party, have decided to establish a coordination mechanism for the 2027 elections, through a "liaison committee" that will meet regularly. This information, revealed by Le Figaro, speaks volumes about a camp that has realized it can't wait until the last minute to mend fences after the 2024 dissolution and its ensuing upheaval.

A meeting is scheduled for April 15th for an initial strategic gathering over lunch, with some prominent figures expected: Franck Riester for Renaissance, Christophe Béchu for Horizons, Marc Fesneau for MoDem, and Hervé Marseille for UDI. At this stage, it's not a party congress, much less an official nomination, but a signal sent to both party members and voters: the center and moderate right want to talk, take stock of their strength, and test a strategy.

Lunch, diaries, the same calculation

A lunch, shared agendas, a common goal: the initiative comes from Franck Riester. In a letter dated March 24, the deputy secretary general of Renaissance, in charge of elections, proposes this arrangement and sets out a clear objective: "the broadest possible gathering of democrats and republicans of goodwill." The wording is classic, almost reassuring, but it serves a precise purpose: to organize regular exchanges between parties in the central region, to prepare for the intermediate elections, especially the 2026 municipal elections, and to prevent each party from going its own way.

Beyond the coordination, there's also a question of leadership. Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal currently occupy the same political space, and everyone knows that a confrontation too soon would be a dangerous luxury in a fragmented political landscape where every division is costly. The liaison committee therefore aims to keep things under control, calm egos, and maintain the idea of ​​a joint candidacy without making a definitive decision. It remains to be seen whether this working agreement will become a campaign discipline, or whether it will simply postpone the moment when a leader must be chosen.