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The philippists fear being drowned in the “great political movement” mentioned by the President. Perhaps the blow too many in an organization that already sees itself suffocated, and dreams of revenge.
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Allergies know it well: at the beginning of spring, the first pollens bring the most violent sneezing. On the right wing of macronie, the nose began to sting from the evening of the first round, when Macron mentioned in his speech the idea of a “great political movement”. With a fear for the young shoot of Horizons: to drown entirely in a single party. “It scares me because if we make a single big party, there is no longer any possible alternation. The extremes are bound to win the next round,” advances a party executive of Edouard Philippe. According to her, the 2027 presidential election will be offered on a set to the far right or La France insoumise. Following this logic, the post-Macron alternation should rather take place… with an heir to Macron, a bit more to the right. Not sure that this is enough for the French level desire for change.
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