Édouard Philippe, the hour of doubt

Edouard Philippe wants to “walk around” during the presidential election. His tour begins with an air of Johnny Hallyday. At the Bistroquet de Niort (Deux-Sèvres), early Saturday morning, the former Prime Minister converted into a party leader quickly swallows an espresso, flanked by the mayor Jérôme Baloge, local of the stage, by Christophe Béchu, mayor of Angers and now his right arm, and Xavier Bonnefont, mayor of Angoulême. Does Le Havrais listen to the words? “This mad desire to live another life…”

In a few minutes, he will set up the very first local committee of Horizons, his shop launched in his stronghold on October 9, in the capital of Deux-Sévrien. Then that of La-Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée) and Guérande (Loire-Atlantique). In all, 124 come out of the ground simultaneously, before another salvo about…