Former French Education minister and President of the "Laboratoire de la Republique" Jean-Michel Blanquer welcomes French right-wing party Horizons founder and president, Mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe (R) at the "Laboratoire de la Republique" (Republic's Laboratory) summer camp, in Sens, southeast of Paris, on August 29, 2026. (Photo by ROMEO BOETZLE / AFP via Getty Images)