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Presidential: Édouard Philippe "will support" Emmanuel Macron in 2022

2021-09-12T18:21:11.483Z


The former Prime Minister, who will launch his political movement in early October in Le Havre, "hopes" for the candidacy of the Head of State. He will support the president's political approach, "out of loyalty and consistency".


"For the presidential election of 2022, I will support the President of the Republic"

, declared Édouard Philippe.

Invited Sunday evening from TF1, he said

"hope" that

Emmanuel Macron is a candidate.

If he has decided to support him, it is out of “

 loyalty 

” and “ 

consistency 

”.

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The statements come as the former prime minister is due to announce the launch of his political movement on October 8 and 9. In his city of Le Havre, he will gather his troops for an operation that does not fail to intrigue in macronia. While claiming to be loyal to the President of the Republic, he is nonetheless free. Everyone understands Édouard Philippe's desire to be part of the political landscape on a long-term basis.

“Since his departure from Matignon, major positions in large foreign groups have been offered to him, he has refused,” said

an elected official he is close to.

When the entire political class has its eyes riveted on the presidential election of 2022, it would already aim for 2027, even if it denies it. He has become the favorite political figure of the French and does not shy away from his ambition. The journalist Tugdual Denis, who confessed at length, reports this sentence in the book

La Vérité sur Édouard Philippe

(Robert Laffont). There is

"no mark on my forehead"

that

"I have a vocation to always remain number 2, I guarantee it"

.

“If one day I am elected, I will set the course, believe me. And it is someone else who will do their best to get there

,

explains the mayor of Le Havre.Which brought together in early September in Fontainebleau mayors from the right to which he is close.

Influence struggle

So many signs variously appreciated around the Head of State, where some macronists criticize this form of distance that Édouard Philippe installs with the Elysee.

By taking care to imprint its difference.

By having always refused to join La République en Marche.

By having refused to animate the “common house” of the majority after having left Matignon…

“Édouard Philippe, he lives his life”

, comments his entourage, the air of nothing.

However, the former prime minister took the time to meet last week with the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, a close friend of the head of state.

"Between those who want him to take a stand and those who cultivate a form of indifference towards him, it is the cat that bites its tail,"

laughs a friend of the Norman councilor. The movement that Édouard Philippe will launch says a lot about the struggle for influence that is already taking place behind the scenes to know which personality will weigh during a possible second - and last - five-year term of Emmanuel Macron. Even within the right wing of the majority, everyone closely monitors Philippe's initiatives. The chapels are numerous and not all of them plan to line up behind him so easily.

Source: lefigaro

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