“This is not a movement to have yet another presidential candidate, it is not my priority today. My priority is the situation in the country, ”
assured Emmanuel Macron on April 6, 2016 to announce the creation of“ En Marche! ”, His movement
“ not to the right, not to the left ”
.
The rest is known: the former Minister of the Economy finally became a candidate, then elected President of the Republic.
"The idea is to remobilize the troops"
To celebrate the five years of the movement - in the meantime renamed “The Republic on the move” - the macronists are organizing a
“100% digital meeting”
this Tuesday at 7:30 pm,
including a speech by the delegate general, Stanislas Guerini.
The opportunity to look back on those first years at the Élysée Palace and above all to put the
“
presidential movement” in order of battle for 2022.
“The idea is to remobilize the troops, to close ranks, to prepare for the deadlines. who are coming ”
, explained this Tuesday morning on RTL Roland Lescure, deputy and spokesperson for La République en Marche.
According to the
Playbook
newsletter
, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe should also appear in a video to greet the activists.
What reassure some within LREM who doubt that the former tenant of Matignon does not wish to compete with Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2022. Édouard Philippe indeed plays dodging when questioned about his political ambitions.
"I am not one of those who wish for failure"
Emmanuel Macron, however, he assures in
Le Figaro
.
“Édouard Philippe remains a pillar of the majority,”
confirmed Gabriel Attal, the government spokesman, on Tuesday morning on France 2.
