Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who has been a key centrist ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said in a magazine interview published on Tuesday that he himself would seek to be elected as the next president in 2027.
“I will be a candidate at the next election,” Philippe told Le Point magazine.
Macron, who has nearly three years before his second term ends, is not allowed to run for a third term under the French Constitution. He has been trying to find a new prime minister to form a new government since his decision in June to call a snap parliamentary election resulted in a hung parliament.
