Édouard Philippe returns to Le Havre. The former Prime Minister was reelected without surprise to the town hall Sunday July 5 by 47 votes out of 59 during the first meeting of the new municipal council. His list had won in the second round of municipal elections last Sunday, with 58.93% of the vote in this port city of 170,000 inhabitants, of which Édouard Philippe was already mayor from 2010 to 2017.

The election on June 28 was marked, as in many cities, by a high abstention rate of 58%.

The new mayor was acclaimed by the members of the council as well as by the public present in the room, among whom was the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Gérald Darmanin, himself re-elected mayor of his city of Tourcoing on 23 last May.

Serene and happy

The new councilor of Le Havre first observed a minute of silence in memory of two political figures from the region who have disappeared in recent months.

Before delivering his first speech, Édouard Philippe wanted all the assistants to be appointed.

The former head of government appeared calm and happy. If there is a "relief" for Edouard Philippe, it is a "physical relief, more than a relief of the spirit: three years at the bottom, it is exhausting", commented his friend, the MEP Gilles Boyer, who came to "attend this beautiful moment".

With AFP

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