Overview

• An Ifop poll published Oct. 13 reports 52% nationwide support for a government alliance spanning Les Républicains, Rassemblement National and Reconquête.
• Support within the right is overwhelming, with 82% of LR backers and roughly nine in ten RN sympathizers endorsing the idea, according to the reports.
• Bardella is cited by 42% as the best placed to lead such a coalition, ahead of Marine Le Pen at 36% and Bruno Retailleau at 32%, with Marion Maréchal and Laurent Wauquiez further back.
• Respondents prioritize reducing public spending (44%), tighter immigration control (27%) and improving purchasing power (16%) for a potential program.
• Parties have not sealed any pact, as Retailleau rebuffed Bardella’s overture, though some LR figures such as Sophie Primas voice conditional openness; the poll was commissioned by Valeurs Actuelles, and Le Figaro notes caution on subgroup margins.