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Continuation and end of our series on the political landscape of 2020 in France. The government is back on Monday with the first cabinet meeting of the year. Against the backdrop of the dispute over pension reform. Negotiations with unions will resume tomorrow Tuesday. Edouard Philippe will once again be on the front line in an attempt to find a way out of the strike that has lasted for over a month. A decisive round for the Prime Minister, who has never been so exposed since the start of the quinquennium.
His beard has turned white, dark circles are sometimes visible behind his glasses, but the desire is still there, repeats those around him. " He will stay in Matignon as long as he can, " says a friend of Edouard Philippe.
Sent to coal to carry the perilous pension reform, the boxing fan knows how to take the blows, the stormy sessions at the Assembly, as well as the long hours of face to face tense with the unions.
Will he survive the pension reform?
If the Prime Minister is by nature a "fuse", Edouard Philippe is still indispensable to Emmanuel Macron: he continues to magnetize the voices of the center right.
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The head of government is still preparing a fallback plan. He will announce in January his intentions for the municipal elections, a false suspense when we know his attachment to the city of Le Havre. He should appear on a macronist list, which will allow him to stay in Matignon with the possibility of finding, one day, his mayor's chair.
In the meantime, Edouard Philippe goes to Le Havre as soon as he can. He spent the end of year celebrations there.