Leader of French left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon (2L) gestures as he speaks alongside French right-wing party Horizons founder and president, Mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe (L), National secretary of French left-wing The Ecologistes party Marine Tondelier (2R) and President of Ensemble Pour la Republique parliamentary group Gabriel Attal (R) during a debate of seven opposing candidates for the 2027 French presidential election, on the second day of La REF 2026 meeting of French entrepreneurs, organised by the MEDEF, at the Chatrier tennis court at Roland-Garros venue in Paris on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)