France chose the favorite. Edouard Philippe re-elected?

Preliminary results after the second round of Sunday's local elections in France indicate that the current mayor of Le Havre, former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, was elected for another term. Philippe intends to run in next year's presidential elections in France.

Before the first round of the current local elections, which are treated as a dress rehearsal before the presidential elections, Philippe admitted that a loss in Le Havre would put him “in a bad position for further actions.” The politician has actually made his political future in the context of the presidential elections dependent on his re-election in Le Havre, which he has ruled since 2010.

In the second round of the local elections, Philippe obtained, according to preliminary data provided by the AFP agency, about 47 percent. votes.

Philippe is the leader of the centrist Horizons party, which belongs to President Emmanuel Macron's camp. Preference polls more than a year before the presidential elections suggested that he would be the most serious candidate against the representative of the far right. (PAP)

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