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The Republicans (LR)
Right
Bruno Retailleau
President of LR, former Interior Minister, aged 65
Chosen by LR members on 19 April 2026
6.2/10
Overall score
6th out of 16
+Strengths
- Official candidate of The Republicans
- Clear line on security and immigration
- Long parliamentary and ministerial experience
−Weaknesses
- 5 to 10% depending on the poll scenario
- Narrow space between the RN and the centrist bloc
- Loses to Le Pen in the polls (42 to 58%)
In the polls
7.8% on average over the last 30 days, −0.7 pt in three months.
59 polls since 26 March 2025. All polls
Proposals
- Pensions
- Announces a new pension reform, with no details published so far.
- Work and purchasing power
- Cut regulations for businesses; build a million extra homes in five years by scrapping the “zero net land take” target.
- Immigration
- A referendum on immigration, prepared by a revision of the Constitution.
- Institutions and security
- A constitutional revision put to a referendum from autumn 2027, with a “Charter of republican order”; a state of emergency in neighbourhoods hit by drug trafficking.
Sources: Public Sénat: his constitutional reform ; Europe 1: the outline of his programme ; Journal de l'Agence: his housing proposals.
Chances in our scenarios
| Scenario | Reaches the run-off | Wins the election |
|---|---|---|
| The current landscape | less than 1% | less than 1% |
| The centrist bloc behind Philippe | less than 1% | less than 1% |
| The left united behind Glucksmann | less than 1% | less than 1% |
| Jordan Bardella instead of Marine Le Pen | less than 1% | less than 1% |
Profile
What the scores measure
- Experience
- Offices held, government roles, knowledge of the State
- Name recognition
- How well known they are to the public
- Communication
- Media skills, debating, social media presence
- Polls
- First-round voting intentions in October 2026, and their trend
- Reach
- Ability to win votes beyond their own camp in the run-off
- Party machine
- Party strength: activists, elected officials, funding