Overview
- Villepin, who spoke at the Sorbonne on Friday, outlined a pre-program for 2027 without declaring a run.
- He cast himself as an heir to Charles de Gaulle and Jacques Chirac and said that macronism is dead.
- He has built La France humaniste as his political vehicle and urges a republican recovery he calls Gaullism.
- He criticized the right’s drift toward the far right and faulted LR leader Bruno Retailleau and Gabriel Attal over their stance on the rule of law and international law.
- His 2012 bid collapsed for lack of local elected officials’ endorsements, a hurdle he must clear to get on the 2027 ballot.