French presidential 2022: Édouard Philippe supports Emmanuel Macron
Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on August 31 in Lille.
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The French president is not yet officially a candidate for re-election, but he is already receiving strong support: Édouard Philippe clearly said this Sunday, September 12 on TF1 that he would be behind the head of state for the presidential election.
If he will not go against Emmanuel Macron in 2022, the former Prime Minister does not exclude, however, nothing for the future.
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Yes, Édouard Philippe will support Emmanuel Macron, the one who brought him out of the shadows to install him in Matignon in 2017. This is what he explained this Sunday in the program "Seven to eight", on TF1.
I will support the President of the Republic.
And I think Emmanuel Macron is made of a metal that I do not see much of the trace in all those who are candidates for the presidential election today.
And I think it's very important.
The former Prime mibuster intends to prepare for the aftermath
Since his return to Le Havre last year, France's most popular politician had distanced himself from the head of state.
Some in Emmanuel Macron's entourage feared that Édouard Philippe was in ambush.
There is no longer any ambiguity: he will put his future political movement and his popularity at the service of the president.
At least, for 2022. Because for the future, it is more vague: "
When you want to serve your country,
explains the mayor of Le Havre,
it is not useless to prepare for it, intellectually, politically, before trying to give the best of yourself seems essential to me.
"
I'm not an impatient man at all;
everything comes at the right time.
Loyal, but ambitious.
The former head of government is still giving himself time before embarking on the presidential battle.
The message has passed to the French.
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