Some were waiting for the failed municipal debate in Paris.
Others a clash between two possible future presidential candidates.
Missed.
Invited to the “
Summit of Greater Paris
” Tuesday afternoon, Anne Hidalgo and Édouard Philippe, a time considered as candidate of the majority in the capital, displayed a cordial understanding, if not a frank complicity.
For nearly half an hour, the discussion did not deviate from the “
Paris-Rouen-Le Havre
”
axis
, a new route for maritime trade initiated by Nicolas Sarkozy ten years ago.
On the stage of the very chic Pavillon Gabriel, a stone's throw from the Élysée Palace in Paris, there is a lot of talk about the Seine.
Under the bluish lights, facing players from the economic world, any political prank is cleverly avoided.
Prancing in first place in popularity polls, Emmanuel Macron's ex-prime minister, relaxed and tanned, confined himself to his role as mayor of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), showcasing his good cooperation with the city councilor of Paris.
"
For a very long time, we have been talking about this subject in a friendly way with Anne
", first confides the former juppeist.
Last week already, the two elected officials launched hand in hand, under the leadership of economist Jacques Attali, the ninth edition of the "
Positive Economy Forum
" in Le Havre.
"
Paris is generous ...
"
Tuesday, on the Parisian platform, each took the floor in turn, exposed his vision and delivered glances to his interlocutor.
The mayor of Paris, who casts doubt on a possible presidential candidacy, pleaded in favor of a "
large capital region that would extend to the sea
".
“
Paris really needs to be much closer to the sea, to have a maritime outlet,
” insists the mayor of Paris.
Even if it means giving Le Havre control over the possible single port axis between Paris, Rouen and the city of Le Havre.
“
Paris is generous,
” she says.
Smile knowing.
Demonstration also for the mayor of the capital, that the left and the right can work together ...
Even on 5G, a subject of contention between the government and the neo-edile environmentalists, who are jointly calling for a moratorium, Anne Hidalgo and Édouard Philippe converge.
There is no question of citizen consultation for both of them, which nevertheless delays technological inclinations.
“
The basics of competitiveness are not always the latest technology.
5G is important, but the railroad is not very recent, and it's really more important,
”warns the native of Rouen, dodging any frontal attack from environmentalists.
A way, also, in style, to distinguish himself from Emmanuel Macron.
"
I do not believe that the Amish model makes it possible to solve the challenges of contemporary ecology
", the Head of State had mocked on September 15.