Greens leader Marine Tondelier is campaigning for the 2027 presidential race while pregnant, a first in France that is bringing infertility and motherhood into the political spotlight.
The 39-year-old, who is running to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in next year’s election, announced at the end of March that she was three months pregnant with a “miracle baby”.
The unplanned pregnancy followed a miscarriage and several unsuccessful attempts at assisted reproduction and in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which had put her plans for another child on hold.
The left-wing candidate said the news left her feeling “dizzy”, but that the decision to continue campaigning was “never in doubt”.
Instead, she had to consider how to navigate the race as the first French politician to run for president while expecting.
