Prime Minister Gabriel Attal re-elected in the Hauts-de-Seine legislative elections with 58.17% of the vote

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal won 58.23% of the vote in the second round of the legislative elections in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine on Sunday, July 7. He came ahead of the New Popular Front candidate, Cécile Soubelet (41.77%), whom he had beaten in 2022.

Despite this victory, Gabriel Attal announced that he would submit his resignation to the President of the Republic on Monday, specifying that he would remain in his post. “as long as duty requires”in reference to the Olympic Games, which open on July 26.

The youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and a rising star of Macronism, Gabriel Attal was appointed to Matignon in early 2024. On the evening of the first round of the legislative elections, he chose to focus his attacks on the National Rally. “My personal history, as much as my political journey, leads us, today and before you, to stand up with all my strength against the disastrous project of the extreme right.”he had declared. A speech very different from that of other leaders of the majority, like Bruno Le Maire or Edouard Philippe, who had sent back to back the RN and La France insoumise.