Overview

• Les Républicains unanimously invested Rachida Dati as their Paris mayoral candidate for March 2026, and rival Francis Szpiner withdrew his bid.
• Dati ended her dissident campaign in the 2nd constituency legislative by-election and will support LR's nominee Michel Barnier.
• LR said Barnier will not seek the 2026 mayoralty and will back Dati, while she will campaign for him in September.
• Barnier named Florence Berthout, the Horizons mayor of the 5th arrondissement, as his suppléante, with voting set for 21 and 28 September.
• Dati remains referred to trial on corruption and influence‑peddling charges, with a first hearing on 29 September to determine the trial date.