Latest polls and key dates - France's 2027 presidential election guide

From the latest polls to the primaries, via the key dates over the next eight months, how voting works and who is the favourite to win - here's what you need to know about France's presidential elections in 2027.

Given the electoral momentum of the far right and radical left, the prospect of a single candidate is now a pressing question on the left, centrist and right-wing blocs. Moderate voters may be tempted to cast a strategic vote in the first round for the candidate most likely to prevent a dreaded runoff between Marine Le

Given the electoral momentum of the far right and radical left, the prospect of a single candidate is now a pressing question on the left, centrist and right-wing blocs. Moderate voters may be tempted to cast a strategic vote in the first round for the candidate most likely to prevent a dreaded runoff between Marine Le

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, a mainstay of right-wing French politics, could not be in a better position at the moment. Coming off the first presidential debate of the election season, she is polling in a distant first-place among French voters who see her as a populist outsider resilient enough to be battered