Gabriel Attal and the Difficult Search for the "Post-Macronism"

Gabriel Attal has done what has been expected in Paris for months: The former Prime Minister is officially running for the 2027 presidency. His announcement in the southern French town of Mur-de-Barrez was more than just a simple candidacy declaration. With phrases like "J’aime passionnément la France," Attal staged himself as a patriotic optimist, a dynamic representative of a new generation—and at the same time as a political heir to the Macron years. It is precisely here that his greatest problem lies. Because Attal must achieve an almost contradictory balancing ...