Gabriel Attal
Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss is a French politician who has served as the General Secretary of Renaissance since December 2024 and president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly since September 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of France from January to September 2024. He was the youngest and the first openly gay prime minister in French history. He previously served in various ministerial positions.
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Aug 29, 2026
Far Left
Represented the presidential majority at the Medef debate, giving pledges on spending discipline and competitiveness.
Seen as Macron's continuity candidate, promoting austerity and pro-business policies that LFI rejects.
Aug 27, 2026
Lean Right
Current PM or former PM (per article) jostles with Philippe for Macronist succession.
LR dismisses Attal as a young Macronist heir with no substantive right-wing credentials.
Aug 27, 2026
Far Left
With Édouard Philippe, he promises teachers pay rises for 2027 despite their own record of education cuts and the Blanquer logic they now resurrect.
LFI sees Attal as a centrist pretender whose rhetoric contradicts his government's past damage to schools and teaching staff.
Aug 26, 2026
Lean Left
L'ancien Premier ministre et candidat à la présidentielle détaille ses propositions pour l'éducation, visant à faire de la France un leader des classements scolaires.
Pour les socialistes, Attal incarne une politique éducative libérale et inégalitaire, avec des réformes comme les groupes de niveau qui ont déjà montré leurs limites.
Aug 25, 2026
Far Right
The PM is named as a second-round opponent for Le Pen, losing 43%-57%, and is preparing a government seminar on budget and cyber threats.
RN sees Attal as the weak, globalist centrist who has failed to control borders or buying power, and his poll defeat validates RN's critique.
Aug 23, 2026
Far Right
Mentioned by Philippe as a potential ally for a presidential rally, though Attal's own ambitions remain unclear.
RN sees the Macronist bloc fracturing, with Attal representing the younger, more economically liberal wing that RN opposes.
Aug 18, 2026
Far Left
Renaissance's 2027 candidate proposed a referendum to bypass the Constitutional Council's ruling on banning social networks for under-15s.
LFI views his referendum maneuver as a populist attack on constitutional checks and a drift toward majoritarian authoritarianism.
Aug 9, 2026
Center
The former French prime minister filed a legal complaint over deepfakes and fake news he says came from Russian networks.
Renaissance champions him as a defender of democratic integrity, and the disinformation campaign shows why the centrist bloc must fight foreign meddling before 2027.
Aug 9, 2026
Lean Left
The Renaissance presidential candidate filed a legal complaint for foreign interference, citing Russian deepfakes, fake video reports and fake newspaper front pages.
Socialistes welcome Attal's judicial response but insist he must also address the social inequalities that let disinformation flourish, not only securitarian measures.
Aug 8, 2026
Far Left
Attal is one of three presidential hopefuls recently hit by Russian disinformation networks, according to Mediapart.
LFI sees Attal's victimhood rhetoric as a way to dodge debates over Macron's record on social cuts and surveillance.