David Lisnard Nouvelle Énergie membership and polling 2027 French presidential race, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): Five months before the 2027 French presidential election, Cannes mayor David Lisnard is highlighting two indicators to show the growing strength of his party, Nouvelle Énergie. According to Le Figaro, as cited by the publisher, a bailiff verified on Wednesday, November 4, at his campaign headquarters in Paris that there were 100,517 paid memberships.
The bailiff spent five hours checking the correspondence between the number of membership cards and the payments recorded. “We are probably the second political party in France today, just behind the RN, in number of paid memberships,” Lisnard said.
The National Rally claims more than 153,000 members, compared with about 75,000 for Les Républicains in the spring.
Lisnard said the certification answered doubts about the reality of his growth. “I invite everyone who may have questioned our momentum to take the same step,” he said, calling on other parties to publish verifiable figures.
Nouvelle Énergie says it is gaining about 2,000 new members per day, a pace the movement cited but that was not certified in Wednesday’s report.
The growth is accompanied by encouraging poll results for the candidate. According to Le Parisien, which reported an Ifop poll for LCI published Tuesday, November 3, Lisnard leads Bruno Retailleau in every configuration tested.
In a scenario where Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal are also candidates, Lisnard receives 7% of voting intentions, compared with 4% for Retailleau. He reaches 7.7% with Attal but without Philippe, and 9% when tested alone on the right.
The survey was conducted from October 27 to 29 among 1,650 people, with a margin of error between 1.1 and 2.5 points, which calls for caution about some of the gaps.
Lisnard is also working to broaden his support. After Patrick Sébastien, former international footballer Willy Sagnol endorsed him on Wednesday.
The candidate has announced a major rally on December 13 in Lyon, in a venue that can hold 3,000 people.
The article notes that turning this momentum into lasting electoral strength remains to be seen. While memberships are multiplying and polls give him a growing place on the right, Lisnard remains well behind the candidates best placed in voting intentions.
