The former Prime Minister officially entered the race for the Élysée by announcing, in an interview with Le Point, his candidacy for the next presidential election.
“I will be a candidate in the next presidential election.” Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has put an end to speculation about his ambitions for the Elysée Palace by announcing, in an interview with Le Point on Tuesday, September 3, his candidacy for 2027.
“I am preparing to propose things to the French. What I will propose will be massive. The French will decide,” declared the mayor of Le Havre.
The leader of the right-wing Hozions party had never publicly stated his presence on the starting line in 2027.
Facing the “perils”
“It is often said that for a presidential election you should not want anything else. I agree with that,” insisted Édouard Philippe, saying he was ready, even in the event of an early presidential election.
On the substance, the former resident of Matignon evokes in particular “four perils” which France must face in the current period: “democratic”, “budgetary”, “immobility” and “public order and security”.
Asked about Matignon and the Xavier Bertrand and Bernard Cazeneuve hypotheses, the mayor of Le Havre replied that he would support “any Prime Minister chosen in a political space that goes from the conservative right to social democracy”.
“All government parties should have as their main objective to promote the stabilisation of political life,” Edouard Philippe urges.
A message addressed in particular to his former political family, the Republicans: “the right must get involved. By refusing to participate in this central bloc, it is pushing the whole thing towards the left,” he emphasizes.
