One week after his election as President of the French Republic and the day after his official investiture, Emmanuel Macron appoints the new Prime Minister. Edouard Philippe will be the man who will support him in his five years at the Elysée.
The announcement was made a few minutes ago by the secretary general of the presidency, Alexis Kohler.
47 years old, mayor of Le Havre, Philippe served for some time in the Socialist party before moving on to the Republicans, the first centre-right party, with which he was elected deputy. He is the former spokesman of the Gaullist primary candidate, Alain Juppé, to whom he is very close.
The appointment seems to indicate the will of the tenant of the Elysée to wink at moderate voters in order to build a majority coalition in Parliament, in the context of the legislative elections to be held on 11 and 18 June.
Once the premiership "problem" has been filed, Macron will fly to Berlin where he will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first trip abroad to confirm the Franco-German axis in the old continent.
The General Secretariat of the Elysée announced the nomination of the Premier minister. pic.twitter.com/DQttkthB0I
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