The Mayor of Le Havre will unveil Saturday the name and contours of this party in the presence of many parliamentarians of the majority, two hundred days of the presidential election when he promised to support Emmanuel Macron if he represents.
Le Monde with AFP
Former Prime Minister wishes to expand to the right the base of supports in Emmanuel Macron. Fifteen months after leaving Matignon, Edouard Philippe launches Saturday, October 9 in the morning, his own party in Le Havre, under the critical eye of some macronists who fear the division.
In his city of Le Havre, the former Prime Minister will unveil the name and contours of this party in the presence of many parliamentarians of the majority, two hundred days of the presidential election when he promised to support Emmanuel Macron if This one represents.
“The objective is to participate in the new political offer that will come from this presidential campaign,” he said in a video message broadcast last Saturday at the “Campus” of the Republic (LRM) in Avignon.
“A new breath”
Between 500 and 700 people are expected, according to the entourage of Mr. Philippe. Will come “those who are curious, interested. Come does not necessarily mean adhere,” says MEP Gilles Boyer, a very close.
The three patterns of the majority parliamentary groups will be present: Christophe Castaner for LRM, Patrick Mignola for Modem and Olivier Becht to act. And at least a dozen deputies “walkers” – including Aurore Bergé, Marie Lebec or Naïma Moutchou – also said they would visit “spontaneously” to Le Havre. Before the weekend, some entrusted hope “a new breath”, and made some “febrile” of their colleagues for their participation.
The initiative of Mr. Philippe, who remains the favorite political personality of the French, is indeed followed closely by the majority, while the Macronis tries to structure the presidential majority in a “common home”.
In his video broadcast in Avignon, Philippe once again said he “wanted” that Emmanuel Macron be a candidate and re-elected in April 2022, assuring him with his support with “loyalty” and “enthusiasm” .
“It will have to position itself”
His new training “is intended to be” under the tent “”, assured the boss of LRM, Stanislas Guerini. But the former Prime Minister, who has never taken his card at LRM, did not make the displacement of Avignon. “He will have to position himself,” warned Olivier Becht, whose small party act could well be aspired by the new movement.