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Former French PM Philippe in favour of early presidential election
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Posted on October 7, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Edouard Philippe, former French PM, calls for early presidential elections amid a political crisis following the resignation of PM Sebastien Lecornu.
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday that he was in favour of an early presidential election, due to the current political crisis engulfing the country.
Philippe, once a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said he favoured new presidential elections in an interview with radio station RTL, following the Monday resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, whose government was rejected by both allies and opponents.
Philippe's comments were echoed by Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right party National Rally, who said in a separate interview on BFM TV that he supported first a dissolution of the parliament, followed by parliamentary elections or early presidential elections.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro, Bertrand Boucey and Nicolas Delame;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
The main topic is Edouard Philippe's support for early presidential elections in France amid a political crisis.
The call follows the resignation of PM Sebastien Lecornu and the rejection of his government by both allies and opponents.
Jordan Bardella, leader of the National Rally, also supports early elections.
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