The former Prime Minister brought together the executives of his party this Sunday, May 10 in Reims to outline the contours of his presidential campaign.
A “direction collégiale” campaign and a meeting on July 5 in Paris: Édouard Philippe outlined this Sunday, May 10, the contours of the launch of his race at the Élysée, a “new phase” who must “s’élargir très au-delí” of the Horizons party, with a view to “recomposition” politics in 2027, hopes the former Prime Minister.
During a meeting of his party executives in Reims, the mayor of Le Havre announced the formation of a “direction collégiale” of his campaign, made up of the party’s general secretary and mayor of Angers Christophe Béchu, the Renaissance MP Marie Guévenoux and the MEP and general delegate of Horizons, Gilles Boyer. “Three political figures with different backgrounds and skills”a expliqué Édouard Philippe à l’AFP.
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Christophe Béchu is “a local elected official who has held almost all political positions, who has a lot of experience”. Marie Guévenoux, former national secretary for Youth of the UMP under the presidency of Alain Juppé, Renaissance deputy and short-lived minister of Overseas Territories, “is a very, very good organizer”. And Gilles Boyer, co-author of several works with Édouard Philippe, “has both experience of campaigns and he is obviously very close to me”a résumé le candidat à la fonction suprême.
A watchword: “expand”
The former tenant of Matignon invited his executives to Reims, the largest city led by a member of Horizons, in this case Arnaud Robinet, re-elected in March and who also succeeded Christian Estrosi on Sunday at the head of the party’s Assembly of Mayors. “We are moving to a new phase linked to the presidential campaign” Who “requires us not to stay within the borders of the party and to move to an organization that will open up and go far beyond”. “As the weeks come, I will bring together far beyond Horizons”he explained.
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“The presidential election will also be an election of recomposition. It will be necessary to create a new political space to build a new majority. I do not believe at all that the political space of the future majority is only Horizons. We must expand”added Mr. Philippe.
The former Prime Minister also confirmed the holding of a public meeting on July 5 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. The party, which is aiming for 50,000 members by this date (around 40,000 claimed to date), will also hold a thousand apartment meetings in the coming weeks.
