Will Edouard Philippe stay in government? For several weeks, the Prime Minister has been on all fronts. Between the coronavirus crisis to manage and the municipal ones he is trying to win in Le Havre, Edouard Philippe has no time to breathe. Especially since rumors of corridors suggest that the head of state plans a reshuffle … and that the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, would be the first victim. Will he be ousted by the President? Nothing has been decided or acted on yet. So Edouard Philippe reinforces his campaign. After several refusals, he offered himself the cover of the magazine Paris Match, Thursday, June 18, 2020. We learn, among other things, what is the reason for the discoloration of his beard, if commented, when passers-by in Le Havre wonder when they see the Prime Minister in the streets of his stronghold. "Some people worry about his white spot on his beard, advise him to dye it", can we read. "He has fun, excludes shaving. "It is a disease – vitiligo – not serious, neither painful nor contagious", he reveals, without stressing that this depigmentation is activated by stress. " Only here: his back and forth between Paris, where he officiates as Prime Minister and Le Havre, where he is a candidate for mayor, would start to annoy the Elysée.
A deafening silence ?
To hope to win the battle between him and the communist candidate Jean-Paul Lecoq during the second round of the Municipal elections, scheduled for Sunday, June 28, Edouard Philippe, who already occupied the chair of mayor of Le Havre from 2010 to 2017, is increasing his trips. In an article published Thursday June 25, Franceinfo reveals that this situation would only further irritate the Palace. “Reshuffle: Edouard Philippe more and more from Le Havre, the Elysée more and more annoyed”, immediately announces the title. A relative of Emmanuel Macron notes: “It’s only Le Havre that matters to Edouard Philippe. It no longer carries national subjects. His silence during the three days of violence in Dijon was deafening. Can you imagine a Valls or even Ayrault not going there? ” A friend of Edouard Philippe even admits, about his trips to Le Havre: “He has been there a lot of times since May 11. ” And if the city of Normandy was a “Fallback base” for the Prime Minister? Maybe. As our colleagues remind us, he himself slipped on France 3, at the end of June: “My goal is to be mayor of Le Havre, quickly. It can happen very quickly. If it happens very quickly, it will be fine. ” Mass has been said.
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