Edouard Philippe, from one marketing campaign to a different | EUROtoday

Edouard Philippe is a person of rituals. Mayor of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) since Antoine Rufenacht (UMP) gave option to him in 2010, he has made a behavior of launching his varied electoral campaigns from the identical neighborhood corridor as his mentor. A practice from which he’s no exception this yr. Without suspense, the president of Horizons should formalize his candidacy for re-election for the municipal elections in March, throughout a primary public assembly held within the small François-I village corridor^erWednesday January 28 within the early night.

Re-elected with ease on the head of the port metropolis in 2014 and 2020, the 55-year-old former prime minister (2017-2020) doesn’t intend to step by way of this election, seeing this mandate as a councilor as a marker of his political identification and an unmissable stroll to the Elysée. If he was overwhelmed, he wouldn’t be “not in a good position to hope to convince the French” in April 2027, in his phrases. “ For him, it’s double or nothing”acknowledges the treasurer of Horizons, François Goulard.

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