But what does Édouard Philippe think?

September 16, 2020, Octeville-sur-Mer. Édouard Philippe speaks publicly for the first time since leaving Matignon. From the small Normandy town bordering the English Channel, he predicts a ” storm » and ” hard times “. His detractors see it as a catastrophic and anxiety-provoking speech, accuse him of seeking to disrupt the action of the government by wanting to play the Cassandras. Two years to the day later, the mayor of Le Havre will speak again after long weeks of silence, on the occasion of the back-to-school days of his party, Horizons, in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne). In the midst of the war in Ukraine and while the energy, climate and economic crises are taking governments by surprise, we have to recognize that he was not wrong.

The man…