Édouard Philippe
Édouard Philippe is a French politician who served as Prime Minister under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2020. He is now mayor of Le Havre and leads the centrist party Horizons.
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Oct 4, 2026
Far Left
He and liberal media are warning of a Greek-style debt crisis as budget debates open.
LFI views Philippe as the austerity candidate using fear to justify cuts to public services and social spending.
Oct 1, 2026
Far Right
The Horizons presidential candidate proposed a pension reform with a retirement age of 65 and 45 annuities, according to BFMTV.
RN sees Philippe as the archetypal technocratic right-winger who assumes an unpopular project to please Brussels and the bond market, giving Marine Le Pen a ready-made target on retirement age.
Oct 1, 2026
Far Left
Unveiled his pension reform plan on September 30, pushing retirement age to 65 and 45 annuities as a key plank of his presidential campaign.
LFI sees him as the worst face of the neoliberal right, resurrecting the Borne reform that was suspended in 2025 due to mass opposition, proving he learned nothing from the movement.
Sep 30, 2026
Lean Right
Horizons candidate for president, he proposed raising the retirement age to 65 and extending the contribution period to 45 years, while allowing some to retire earlier.
LR sees Philippe's pension reform as a necessary but politically risky move, and his shift from 67 to 65 as a lack of conviction, contrasting with LR's own proposals for fiscal sustainability.
Sep 22, 2026
Lean Left
Darmanin's informal role in his campaign staff has raised questions about the former PM's ability to control his own political operation.
Socialists see Philippe as the continuity Macron candidate: a centre-right technocrat whose campaign already reeks of the same blurred ethics as the current government.
Sep 19, 2026
Lean Right
He visited Maine-et-Loire to present the adaptation section of his environmental program, with a nod to Chirac.
LR sees Philippe as a centrist rival who left LR for Macron and now tries to claim the moderate right's environmental mantle, but lacks conservative credibility on immigration and security.
Sep 14, 2026
Lean Right
His rejection rate jumped 12 points in the latest Ipsos BVA-CESI study, showing that even the least unpopular figure is deeply disliked.
LR considers Philippe a centre-right usurper who lacks the ideological clarity and base to defeat the RN, and his plummeting standing confirms that Macronism is a sinking ship.
Sep 11, 2026
Lean Right
The Horizons candidate warned right and centre rivals that without rassemblement there will be no victory, and offered a meeting in early November to discuss convergences.
LR figures are wary of Philippe's presidential ambition, seeing his overture as an attempt to absorb LR into a Macronist successor project rather than negotiate as equals.
Sep 7, 2026
Far Right
Another central bloc figure Retailleau rejects as an alternative, reiterating his own candidacy to victory.
RN voters view Philippe as a privileged elitist, and Retailleau's refusal to back him confirms the LR candidate is at least independent, though still not trustworthy.
Sep 7, 2026
Far Left
Philippe is targeting migrants as part of his political comeback.
LFI sees this as centrist collusion with far-right frames, undermining solidarity and human rights.