French 2027 Presidential Candidates Seek Zelensky Endorsement and Polish Far‑Right Ties

French politicians aiming for the 2027 presidential election are actively courting a public endorsement from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Candidates such as Jordan Bardella, Édouard Philippe, Bruno Retailleau and Gabriel Attal have made high‑profile visits to Kyiv or appeared alongside Zelensky at European gatherings, treating his approval as a symbolic "certificate of good conduct" to signal legitimacy and alignment with Ukraine.

At the same time, RN leader Jordan Bardella traveled to Warsaw, meeting Polish nationalist figures Krzysztof Bosak of Konfederacja and Karol Nawrocki, an ally of the ruling PiS party. He emphasized French‑Polish military cooperation, migration‑border solidarity, and a new European leadership role for France, while laying a wreath at the Warsaw Ghetto monument and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. These moves illustrate a strategy to combine pro‑Ukrainian credibility with alliances among Europe’s far‑right parties ahead of the French presidential race.