In two weeks, Édouard Philippe will hold his first major campaign meeting at the Adidas Arena in Paris. On the eve of this meeting, where he is eagerly awaited, the Horizons presidential candidate responds to those who accuse him of only promising “blood and tears” and delivers to The Tribune Sunday his credo: “The subject is not to break up or not to break up [avec Emmanuel Macron]is to do. »
LA TRIBUNE SUNDAY – Don’t you fear that the multiplication of candidates for the presidential election will discredit it in the eyes of the French?
EDOUARD PHILIPPE – The presidential election is an important public debate. It is legitimate for all voices to be heard. I’m not in the best position to tell others: “Don’t show up!” We’ll see who goes through with it. The real question is the quality of the debate and the options that we offer to the French. Afterwards, I also remember the precedent of 2002, where Lionel Jospin considered that a large number of candidates in his political space would allow him to cast a slightly wider net. Ultimately, this had scattered the votes and led to him being eliminated from the second round.
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