Environmentalists allied to the left are the big winners in the municipal elections, and LREM the big loser, despite the success of Edouard Philippe.
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Edouard Philippe is re-elected mayor in Le Havre, but will he join his city or will he remain prime minister? EPA / CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL
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The first result to fall was also the most awaited at the national level because it concerned Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, candidate for his re-election to the mayor of Le Havre. And it is a triumph, because he is elected with 59% of the votes against his communist opponent Jean-Paul Lecoq, a score noticeably sharper than the 53% that the polls granted him. “Here in Le Havre we are happy, we are going to celebrate this”, reacts with a broad smile the Prime Minister, without knowing yet if in the days to come he will return to his city as mayor, or if he will remain at the head of the government .
