Overview

• Gabriel Attal blamed the 2024 dissolution for France’s political instability, saying he opposed it at the time, in his most explicit public break with Emmanuel Macron.
• He proposed adding a constitutional “non‑regression sociétale” principle to protect social rights from being rolled back.
• Attal outlined institutional changes under a “Ve République du XXIe siècle,” including more frequent referendums, fewer parliamentarians, cutting a layer of local government, and limiting serial legal appeals.
• Policy sketches included exploring a points‑based pensions system without a fixed legal age and a points‑style approach on immigration, while signaling opposition to new corporate or wealth taxes sought by the left.
• Internal strains surfaced as several figures skipped the Arras event amid reported instructions to stay away; Attal nonetheless pledged cooperation with new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and flagged a forthcoming party name change backed by a member vote.