Teddy Riner 2027 presidential campaign, Digi Mart USA News (France): Teddy Riner, the triple individual Olympic judo champion, has announced that he is entering the 2027 French presidential race, according to an exclusive interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien. The 37-year-old judoka, who is widely admired by the French public as an athlete, says he wants to bring people together beyond partisan divisions.
Riner described his candidacy as an effort to “rassembler les Français,” or unite the French people, and said he wants to become the “président qui fédère,” or the president who brings people together. He said he is positioning himself “ni à droite, ni à gauche,” meaning neither on the right nor on the left of the political spectrum.
According to the report, Riner has put online a campaign website on the day of the interview, bearing the slogan “La France qu’on veut,” or “The France we want.” He also issued a call to all those who wish to join him in the campaign.
The report says Riner also revealed some lines of his program and explained how he plans to organize the first days of his campaign. Details of those program points were not included in the supplied text.
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