"Knowing your political sense as your intellectual rigor, I have no doubt that you will (...) make the right decisions": Edouard Philippe was laudatory towards his successor Jean Castex, this Friday, during their transfer of power to Matignon.
After an interview between the two men, the now ex-Prime Minister first praised "the intelligence", the "fine knowledge of the country", the "sincere attachment to the State" of the new tenant of Matignon, whose had made three months ago the "Mister deconfinement" of the government.
Castex rents an “Edouard Philippe style” from its predecessor
"Our country which has gone through this health crisis, which has gone through other crises, needs an open mind and a firm hand and I think you have this open mind and this firm hand", continued Edouard Philippe . "Knowing your political sense as your intellectual rigor, I have no doubt that you will know, faced with decisions that are sometimes difficult, make the right decisions," said the now mayor of Le Havre.
"I don't really need to wish you courage, first because I know you have it, and secondly because if you didn't have it, you wouldn't be there," he said. again argued, before giving him advice: "Be good! "
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In return, Jean Castex rented from his predecessor an "Edouard Philippe style" mixing "clairvoyance", "height of views" and finally "elegance in every sense of this term".
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