Special envoy to Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne)
The brace is supported.
On the steps of the Italian theater in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne), Édouard Philippe welcomes Élisabeth Borne with a frank embrace.
To the sound of the saxophone resounding in the courtyard, the former Prime Minister and his successor at Matignon rush inside.
For his political return, at the end of the parliamentary days of Horizons, the Norman prepared a one-hour speech.
With a message: clear support for the executive but several demands.
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Standing on the stage, digital tablet in hand, the party president took care to present himself as a loyal ally.
“
We are proud and happy to support the Prime Minister
”, he launched in front of the interested party, whom he praised for her “
calm, rational, direct tone
”.
But he insists, all in his will to present himself as a reformer: he does not want "
a lost five
-year term ".
Expected on the pension site – one of his fixed ideas – the mayor of Le Havre said he approved of the ambition of the head of state.
“
When you want, we will be there
” to “
improve the system
” towards “
more justice
” and “
more work
”, he certified to Elisabeth Borne.
Without formulating any objection to adoption of the text by the end of the year, via the Social Security budget, as Emmanuel Macron envisages: "
Whether you choose to do it in October, December or March, we will be by your side.
An attempt to cut short the protests of those who, in his camp, are calling for a comprehensive comprehensive reform.
"Dizziness" in troubled times
On Friday, the mayor of Le Havre did not want to make it a
casus belli
.
He preferred to linger elsewhere.
Dark glasses and a white beard, in front of a blue screen crossed out with his slogan
"To see far to do well"
, he called on his troops to be "
lucid
" in the face of the "
brutality
" of the energy crisis.
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In these troubled times, Édouard Philippe claims to have sounded the alarm early.
“
Two years ago, I spoke of
“
storms
”
.
What did I not say!
I was called Cassandra, a black cat, a
troublemaker , "he laughed, aware of his reputation as a"
prophet of doom
"sometimes mocked in macronie.
In Fontainebleau, he extended his warning against the "
dizziness
" -
"climatic"
,
"demographic"
,
"geopolitical"
,
"technological"
- detailed in his founding speech in Le Havre, last October.
He also pulled the thread of his priorities.
The debt?
"
It's going to blow up in our face one day.
" Justice?
A "
weak link
" that must be strengthened by recruiting staff, reviewing the training of magistrates and "
accelerating
" the construction of prisons.
Sanctions against offenders?
He proposes “
extremely firm minimum sentences
”, “
from the first recidivism
”.
"In the majority"
Promised, swear the philippists: we should not see it as the outline of a program for the presidential election of 2027. For the time being, Edouard Philippe only wishes the "
success
" of Emmanuel Macron, they support.
What the former head of government has confirmed, to better contradict those who "
assume
" the opposite.
“
Horizons exists in the majority.
Yes, yes
”, he recalled in front of his allies Aurore Bergé (Renaissance) and Jean-Paul Mattéi (MoDem).
“
I have confidence in you
,” replied the Prime Minister a little later.
In the room, no one has forgotten the vote of the Horizons deputies against the opinion of the executive, in July, on the subject of local communities.
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His troops know it: Édouard Philippe likes to cultivate his differences, but also his stature as a statesman.
Since he has little taste for "
little phrases " and other "
acidic
" remarks
against his opponents, he left that to Senator Claude Malhuret, familiar with puns.
Before speaking, the parliamentarian attacked in turn the former elected representative of Marseille Jean-Luc Mélenchon - "
the Bolivar of Canebière
" - and the leader of the deputies National Rally (RN) , Marine Le Pen – “
Putin’s poodle
”.
Laughter in the front row, on the face of the mayor of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), Christian Estrosi, elected a little earlier number two of the party.
This mobilization operation is supposed to boost the structuring of the philippist formation.
But its president is determined not to move too quickly towards 2027, despite pressure from certain supporters.
He wishes to warn: “
The omnipresence cannot be an objective
”.
To hear Édouard Philippe, it is better to focus on developing a "
strategy
" for the country: "
All those who have left a trace in history had a clear vision of the objective to be achieved
", he said. -He underlines.
As a way of making his loved ones understand that he is ready.
