David Lisnard

He founded the liberal-conservative movement Nouvelle Énergie and left The Republicans in 2026; Wikipedia places him on the right. He has been Mayor of Cannes since 2014 and president of the Association of Mayors of France since 2021. He declared his candidacy in the 2027 French presidential election.

Career

Lisnard studied at Sciences Po Bordeaux and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, where he earned a master's degree in public law. He ran clothing shops in Cannes until 2016 and worked as a freelance journalist. He has sat on Cannes city council since 2001, on the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council since 2008, and has been Mayor of Cannes since 2014, re-elected in 2020 and 2026. He has led the Cannes Pays de Lérins agglomeration since 2017 and the Association of Mayors of France since 2021. He moved from the RPR to the UMP and then The Republicans, which he left on 31 March 2026 to announce his presidential candidacy under the banner of Nouvelle Énergie.

Positions

French Wikipedia describes Lisnard as a liberal who wants less bureaucracy and state intervention, with decentralisation and what he calls popular capitalism. According to Elyseescope's summary of his programme, he proposes public spending cuts of 200 to 300 billion euros, 80 billion of them in the first year, abolishing some ministries, lower taxes on business and households, a demographic revival and school reform. French Wikipedia reports that he proposes dividing legal immigration by eight and replacing regions and departments with provinces. He calls for an open primary of the right and centre and says LR has not left Macronism behind.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (English) · Wikipédia (français) · LCP · Elyseescope

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