Overview

• Gabriel Attal is set to close his party’s gathering in Arras with a speech his team bills as foundational, presenting a distinct project and signaling a clean break from Macronism.
• Sébastien Lecornu’s arrival at Matignon forces an uneasy partnership with Attal despite a long rivalry, with the prime minister skipping Attal’s address after a brief visit to party deputies.
• Allies and sources say the Macron–Attal relationship has largely gone cold since the July dissolution, with a public rebuke in July seen internally as a humiliating flashpoint.
• Accounts of the dissolution depict Attal kept out of the loop and then driving a withdrawal strategy against the RN, a move some in the camp credit with blocking Jordan Bardella’s path to Matignon.
• Attal is carving out a platform with tougher regalian tones and liberal social stances, including proposals for regulated surrogacy and a ban on the veil for minors, as his entourage hints the party could rebrand after the municipal elections.