From Bordeaux, Edouard Philippe requires the union of the “republican bloc” for 2027 | EUROtoday

History will maybe keep in mind that the marketing campaign for the 2027 presidential election began in Bordeaux on this gloomy Sunday of January 26. Unless it was a false begin… From the Palais des Congrès within the Gironde city, that day, just a little over a thousand activists from the Horizons occasion gathered to take heed to their chief, Edouard Philippe. Emmanuel Macron’s former prime minister held his occasion’s first interregional congress within the stronghold of his mentor, Alain Juppé.

Somewhat over three years in the past, the mayor of Le Havre, throughout the founding congress of his occasion, in October 2021, painted the portrait of a world taken by “dizziness”. At the time, the previous tenant of Matignon was already decided to enter the race for the Elysée. But he’s affected person, judging that the best way isn’t but clear. He “getting ready”he repeats. Here he’s now, since September 2024, formally a candidate. Alone on the monitor. Or nearly. 500 signatures have been collected.

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