The name of the former Prime Minister comes up repeatedly among the possible candidates from the Macron camp in 2027. "He does not say anything.

He doesn't do anything political. This is the right strategy, says a senior minister. Castex does not anger the left. He is reconciler. He comes from the right, but he is not seen as a Sarkozyist, even though he worked with the former president. And added: “It is the junction point between left and right.”