Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is back in the spotlight with the tense context of the legislative elections. He explained Monday, June 13, 2022 in the columns of Figaro that “his only goal” is “to ensure the country a stable, solid and coherent majority“, worrying about a possible relative majority, which would be, according to him, “a madness“. The 51-year-old politician makes his voice heard as his formation, Horizons, posts encouraging scores for the first round of his first legislative elections. An important figure in Macronie, he is on the alert in politics with a busy schedule. The mayor of Le Havre must therefore reconcile his intense professional life and his family life, he who is married and the father of three children. With the eldest, he had difficulty seeing him grow up, as he had confided in the magazine Gala last year.
A rumor has been hovering over Edouard Philippe since he resigned from his post as Prime Minister in 2020: that of embarking on the race for the presidential elections. For the 2022 edition, he has chosen to support President Emmanuel Macron for his re-election, focusing on his Horizons training and on his own: his wife Edith Chabre and their three children, Anatole, Léonard and Sarah. In the biography The truth about Edouard Philippe (Robert Laffont) by Tugdual Denis released in 2021, he had poured out his relationship with his family.
His professional life regularly takes him away from home and his family. “His couple and the education of his children leave room for autonomy. The eldest sometimes stayed alone in Le Havre from their 13 and 11 years old“, says the journalist Tugdual Denis. “It’s early, huh?“, underlines the politician himself. “Anatole, the eldest, turned 18 this year. He left to study in Edinburgh“, specifies the author. Which saddens the former tenant of Matignon – returned to Le Havre while his clan remained in Paris. He adds: “To think that in August he is gone. That he won’t come back. Right, he’s leaving!“
To maintain a strong bond with his children, Edouard Philippe has set up rituals with his offspring. Thus, he makes a stay in Italy, one-on-one with each of his children once his tenth birthday has arrived. The last to take advantage of this beautiful gift is therefore Sarah, delighted to have exceptional time with her dad. He also tries to go with them to the cinema as well as putting away the smartphones from time to time, for his children as for him.