Bernard Cazeneuve

He was Prime Minister from December 2016 to May 2017, Interior Minister from 2014 to 2016 and Budget Minister from 2013 to 2014. A Socialist Party member from 1987 to 2022, he founded La Convention in 2023. He is named among the possible contenders in the race on who will announce a 2027 presidential run in 2026.

Career

Cazeneuve trained at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux. Under François Hollande he was Minister Delegate for the Budget (2013-2014), Minister of the Interior (2014-2016) and Prime Minister (6 December 2016 to 15 May 2017), the shortest premiership of the Fifth Republic until Michel Barnier's. He left the Socialist Party in 2022 over its coalition agreement with La France Insoumise, which he saw as incompatible with social democracy, and founded La Convention in 2023.

Positions

Cazeneuve stands for a social democracy opposed to alliance with La France Insoumise. During the 2024 deadlock he was reported among the front-runners for Prime Minister; La France Insoumise members called that a betrayal, while Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo supported him, according to Wikipedia.

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