During the second round of municipal elections, last Sunday, the list led by Edouard Philippe won with 58.93% of the votes in this port city of 170,000 inhabitants of which he was already mayor from 2010 to 2017. This election was marked , as in many cities, by a high abstention rate of 58%.
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This Sunday morning, the new mayor was acclaimed by the members of the council as well as by the public present in the room, among which was the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Gérard Darmanin, himself re-elected mayor of his city de Tourcoing on May 23. The new councilor of Le Havre first observed a minute of silence in memory of two political figures from the region, who have disappeared in recent months. Before delivering his first speech, Edouard Philippe wanted all the assistants to be appointed.
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The former head of government appeared calm and happy. If there is a " relief " for Edouard Philippe, it is a " physical relief, more than a relief of the spirit: three years at the bottom, it is exhausting ", commented his friend, the European deputy Gilles Boyer, who came "to attend this beautiful moment ".
