"Humanist France": Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin launches his own party

One step closer to the 2027 presidential election? Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced the creation of his own party, called "Humanist France," in an interview given this Monday, June 23, to the daily newspaper Le Parisien .

"Today, I am taking a new step, since I have decided to create a movement of ideas, of citizens, through the creation of a political party," he explained, alongside the publication of his new book , The Power to Say No, which sounds like a program for the future presidential election.

This new party will be chaired by himself and led by the mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse, Benoît Jimenez. "He is a man I respect and who has the immense advantage of positioning politics where I want to position it: in the closest proximity to the French people," Dominique de Villepin explained regarding his choice of leadership.

"It's a movement open to all. We need to bring together all French people to defend social justice and republican order," he told the Parisian daily.

The party, which already has "several dozen local branches," has free membership, the former Prime Minister said.

During this interview, Dominique de Villepin notably denounced politicians who "are today caught in a logic of permanent escalation", which is why he wants to engage "first in a battle of ideas".

"The Republicans, like the RN, see the world in black and white, and at LFI, they see everything in red, which doesn't seem likely to provide solutions," he believes.

Is the former Prime Minister preparing the ground before officially entering the presidential campaign? "I'm not ruling anything out, quite the contrary," he told BFM Marseille Provence on Wednesday, June 18, adding that he wanted to "have more influence" on the country's democratic future.