Horizons party's candidate in the 2027 French presidential election Édouard Philippe (2ndR) meets with representatives of the economic sector at a technology hub, in Dembéni, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on August 22, 2026. Édouard Philippe, leader and candidate of the centre-right wing Horizons party in the 2027 French presidential election, is on a two-day visit in Mayotte, France's poorest territory, on August 21 and 22, 2026, speaking on asylum applications, birthright citizenship and the suspension of family reunification, and promising to put an end to the immigration "pull factor". (Photo by Marine Gachet / AFP via Getty Images)