“I wonder if it’s different today not to be a candidate,” quips the former prime minister.
Published 01/07/2026 08:41
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Jean Castex, SNCF President and former Prime Minister, in the France Inter studio on July 1, 2026. (FRANCE INTER / RADIO FRANCE)
Be a candidate in the 2027 presidential election, “It’s not on the agenda or on my horizon.”– Jean Castex, CEO of SNCF and former Prime Minister (July 2020 – May 2022) under Emmanuel Macron, said on Wednesday, July 1, at the French Inter.
However “No one can ever close the back door completely.”nuance Jean Castex, “So consider that I am not a candidate in the presidential election, which is before you the President of SNCF”. “I wonder if it’s different today not to be a candidate.”– says Enarque sarcastically, while in the central bloc the candidates are two former prime ministers Gabriel Attal (Renaissance) and Edouard Philippe (Horizons), as well as Bruno Retaillo (LR).