Alex Taylor(@AlexTaylorNews):This 👇 if it happens (admittedly a big ask) could be a game-changer in April's French presidential election Former PM and candidate @GabrielAttal just went on French TV to propose a "primary" between leading left and right centrist candidates before the first round - so as to avoid a second round run-off between far left and far right Mélenchon and Le Pen, which all the polls indicate would be the case as things stand For the moment there are a whole bunch of candidates in the moderate left, right and centre who will all cancel each other out in the first round as none have the numbers of the two extreme candidates

2026.10.28 21:45

This 👇 if it happens (admittedly a big ask) could be a game-changer in April's French presidential election Former PM and candidate @GabrielAttal just went on French TV to propose a "primary" between leading left and right centrist candidates before the first round - so as to avoid a second round run-off between far left and far right Mélenchon and Le Pen, which all the polls indicate would be the case as things stand For the moment there are a whole bunch of candidates in the moderate left, right and centre who will all cancel each other out in the first round as none have the numbers of the two extreme candidates