“As soon as Edouard goes to Le Havre, he is happy. He's really the little guy in the area, ” smiles Thierry Solère, MP and friend of the Prime Minister. Since June 2 and the end of the ban on travel over 100 kilometers, Édouard Philippe has returned three times to his Norman stronghold, for an evening or more, alone or with family. In favorable waivers for the second round of municipal elections against his communist opponent Jean-Paul Lecoq, the head of government should again spend part of his weekend there, while Emmanuel Macron must intervene Sunday evening to sketch the big post-crisis lines.
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“Edouard is above all a Havanese, a former right-wing mayor in a city where it is difficult to win an election. He wants to return to the source of this political identity, " justifies a close first ministre.Après his score of 43.6% in the first round, the former mayor is expected to win 53% of votes, according to a published Ifop poll Thursday for
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