Overview

• Gabriel Attal, the party’s secretary general, emailed militants on July 31 to launch a summer-long consultation on whether to replace the name "Renaissance".
• A poll commissioned by Attal found fewer than 30 percent of voters could name Renaissance, and some party cadres warn that citizens sometimes mistake it for Éric Zemmour’s Reconquête.
• Party membership has plunged to about 8,500, its lowest level since the movement was founded in 2016.
• Some senior cadres have suggested adopting a new title with clear ideological resonance inspired by movements like La France insoumise.
• No final decision on renaming will be made before the rentrée, with proposals to be debated among members through the summer months.