What becomes of Edouard Philippe?
While a lot of noise is circulating around the presidential ambitions of the former prime minister for 2027, the mayor of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), - rather discreet since the re-election of Emmanuel Macron on April 24 - resumed speaking Thursday evening in a subject of the program
Complément d'Enquête
, broadcast on France 2. The reshuffle being long overdue, the ex-right arm of Alain Juppé takes stock of the negotiations in progress at the highest peak of the State;
he who had to form a government in 2017.
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Faced with the hypothesis of entering the team of Elisabeth Borne, Édouard Philippe kicks into touch.
"
I'm pretty good where I am.
I don't really want to get out of what I'm trying to build
, ”begins by evacuating the former host of Matignon.
Before specifying, by chewing his words: "
I was not offered anything and it suits me very well
".
An observation which he does not feel
"offended"
.
And the Norman to confirm his meeting with Elisabeth Borne last Tuesday.
“We had a very pleasant discussion, moreover, very friendly, quite warm”,
indicates Édouard Philippe, who would not have spoken with his successor “
about the composition of the government
”.
"
She asked me which personalities I thought had the appetite and competence
,” he pretends to add when faced with the potential arrivals of Horizon members in government.
The opportunity also for Édouard Philippe to praise the one who was his Minister of Transport and Ecological Transition.
And not to say a word, in the extract broadcast, of Emmanuel Macron with whom relations have been refreshed for a few months.
According to the former head of government, she is “
an intelligent, solid and determined woman.
(...).
with a desire to serve and a desire to do well
”.
Returning to his experience at Matignon between 2017 and 2020, the current city councilor of Le Havre specifies that he
"loved it".
“
It wasn't easy every day, you get a little full of it all the same, but I liked it,
he enthuses.
I thought it was an extraordinary honor done to me and an incredible chance that I could have to serve my country
”.
