Tuesday, December 15, Edouard Philippe will be in Seine-et-Marne, in the Paris region. First in Fontainebleau, alongside the mayor of the city Frédéric Valletoux, who is close, and with whom he often had lunch when he was in Matignon. And after Fontainebleau, direction Meaux to display alongside Jean-François Copé. And there, it is less expected because Jean-François Copé is not part of the “Doudou band“, that is to say of these elected officials historically close to the mayor of Le Havre.
But since this summer and the reshuffle, Jean-François Copé does not hesitate to say all the good things he thinks about the former Prime Minister, whom he sees as “a track“for the right in 2022. The mayor of Meaux even pleaded his case to the Republican political office, with this argument:”Given the state of our human resources, it is not essential to close doors.”
On the right, he is no longer the only one to support this “piste“. “If Edouard is a candidate, I will campaign“, confides a president of the region. Senators, deputies, other mayors, like that of Toulon Hubert Falco, always discuss with the former Prime Minister and probe his intentions.”But he’s smart enough never to talk about the things that really interest him“, says an interlocutor.
However, this network that Edouard Philippe reactivates does not worry in Macronie, where we remain convinced that the mayor of Le Havre will remain loyal to the president. “Edouard Philippe is much too proud to stoop to treason“That is the comment of a heavyweight from the majority.”He will come back to the place he wants when it is useful “, said the same.
“Edouard wants to arrive as the one who saves Macron“, slips a minister who always speaks to him. That is to say to go back on board with his popularity, of course, but above all a network of right-wing elected officials who would definitively switch the match to the side of the outgoing president in 2022.
In the meantime, his mission – revealed by another minister – is to “out of date the right, including those who want to be candidates.” “The comparison is terrible every time“, rejoices the same. This is why around Emmanuel Macron, we also consider that the mayor of Le Havre is”a valuable asset, an essential part of re-election“.
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