Overview
- Senator Claude Malhuret won the top honor for two lines cited by the jury, including a jab at the far left and a quip comparing the budget to assembling Ikea furniture.
- Jordan Bardella received the revelation prize for his line about Bruno Retailleau “expelling more people from LR than illegal migrants since he became interior minister,” and Rachida Dati earned the Arc de Triomphe prize for an equine metaphor on parity.
- The jury’s 23rd edition recognized nine laureates drawn from left and right for memorable remarks, whether intentional humor or gaffes.
- Other honorees included Élisabeth Borne for the lucidity prize, Geneviève Darrieussecq for autodérision and the internet vote, Sébastien Delogu as best hope, Jean‑Louis Bourlanges as good teammate, Sarah Knafo for “good accounts,” and Bernard Briand for repartee.
- Separately, Le Journal du Dimanche reports LFI MP Raphaël Arnault’s four‑month suspended sentence is now definitive after he withdrew his appeal in April, and notes local maneuvering for 2026 with Laure Lavalette preparing a Toulon slate and Serge Blanco declaring for Biarritz.