Edouard Philippe was campaigning this Thursday in Paris.
The former Prime Minister notably accused Emmanuel Macron of having “killed the majority”.
To campaign, the mayor of Le Havre now wants to “move on to something else”.
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He was not in Le Havre, but in the countryside in Paris. While the presidential majority only has ten days left to convince, Édouard Philippe answered questions from TF1info this Thursday, June 20. The opportunity for the former Prime Minister to reveal, half-heartedly, what he thinks of the dissolution.
He will have the “opportunity to say” what he thinks.
Questioned by Paul Larrouturou, Mayor Horizons of Le Havre initially wanted to avoid answering. “He made his decision alone, sovereignly”he noted, believing however that the question arose. “We can ask ourselves whether it is an opportune or inopportune decision, risky or on the contrary one which creates opportunities”he continued, before admitting that he already had his opinion… without wanting to share it.
Faced with questions, Edouard Philippe preferred to retort that he would have “the opportunity to say it”in due time, preferring “talk about the upcoming election” rather than this “political fact”. “For now, the important thing is to focus on the first round.”
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But facing the French who will soon have to go to the polls, Edouard Philippe has a message: “They are not prisoners of a choice between extremes.” The one who was the first tenant of Matignon under Emmanuel Macron is sure, a new majority is possible, different. Because “it was the President of the Republic who killed the presidential majority”just that. “It wasn’t me who left, it wasn’t the rebels who pissed him off. He decided to dissolve it.” So to campaign, the mayor of Le Havre wants “move on”. “And that’s what I’m trying to build.”
