“I will be a candidate in the next presidential election”

ANDdouard Philippe is a punctual man. This is also one of the personality traits he does not share with Emmanuel Macron. Between two summons to the Élysée Palace as part of the interminable consultations for Matignon – he pleaded with the head of state for the appointment of a right-wing Prime Minister – the former head of government received at length The Point in his vast office in the town hall of Le Havre, from where one can hear the cries of seagulls and the passing of the tramway. This summer, one of the French people’s favourite political figures, lying in wait for the next presidential election, took advantage of his family in Tuscany and read The World: A Family History of Humanity, the 1,000-page tome by British writer Simon Sebag Montefiore. He remains true to himself, with a tanned complexion…