“I am preparing to propose things to the French. What I will propose will be massive,” promises the mayor of Horizons du Havre in an interview with “Le Point” published this Tuesday, September 3.
Strange timing to announce his candidacy for a presidential election. While France has been sinking into political crisis for two months, due to the lack of a majority, and Emmanuel Macron has still not named a successor to Gabriel Attal at Matignon, former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has just proposed his own for the next presidential election, in 2027.I am preparing to propose things to the French. What I will propose will be massive. The French will decide” announced the mayor of Le Havre in an interview with the weekly The Point published this Tuesday, September 3.
Although the mayor of Le Havre’s ambitions for the Elysée were hardly a mystery, particularly given his constant popularity in the polls, the person concerned had never publicly stated his presence on the starting line in 2027.It is often said that for a presidential election you should not want anything else. I agree with that.“, insisted Edouard Philippe, saying he was ready even in the event of an early presidential election, if Emmanuel Macron were to resign. On the substance, the former Prime Minister, in office from 2017 to 2020, mentioned in particular “four perils” which France must face in the current period: “democratic», «budgetary», «immobility» et «public order and security” Without going into further detail about his political project.
Asked about the political situation in France and the hypotheses of Xavier Bertrand and Bernard Cazeneuve at Matignon, the Normandy mayor replied that he would support “any prime minister chosen from a political space that ranges from the conservative right to social democracy». «All government parties should have as their primary objective to promote the stabilisation of political life“, he urges. A message addressed in particular to his former political family of the Republicans, divided on the idea of cohabitation with Emmanuel Macron. “The right must get involved. By refusing to participate in this central bloc, it is pushing the whole thing towards the left.“, he emphasizes.
