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A Few Months Before the Presidential Election, Édouard Philippe and Sébastien Lecornu Are in the Indian Ocean

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Eight months before the presidential election, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, candidate for the Horizons party, visited Mayotte and Réunion. A few days later, on Wednesday, the current head of government, Sébastien Lecornu, also traveled to Mayotte on an official visit to try to accelerate the reconstruction of the archipelago, a year and a half after Cyclone Chido.

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Eight months before the presidential election, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, candidate for the Horizons party, visited Mayotte and Réunion. A few days later, on Wednesday, the current head of government, Sébastien Lecornu, also traveled to Mayotte on an official visit to try to accelerate the reconstruction of the archipelago, a year and a half after Cyclone Chido.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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In Mayotte, France's poorest department, slums devastated almost two years ago by Cyclone Chido are still standing again. François Bayrou, then Prime Minister, promised to ban their reconstruction. On Thursday, Sébastien Lecornu went to the island to meet the inhabitants, a team of TF1 too. - "All the houses have been restored": despite the promises, slums rebuilt in Mayotte (Regions).

The Prime Minister's visit to the archipelago was to give a boost to reconstruction. Between promises, anger and electoral stakes, the Prime Minister's visit to the archipelago was to... Read more Mayotte no longer wants to wait to get up appeared first on Le Singulier.

Article provided free of charge. Officially, Sébastien Lecornu came to Mayotte to discuss reconstruction, immigration, water, schools, and major infrastructure projects. But just days after the visit of Édouard Philippe, a declared candidate for the Élysée Palace, the Prime Minister also clearly wanted to regain control of the narrative. Facing elected officials from Mayotte, local emergencies became intertwined with national debates. By denounc…

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Mayotte Hebdo broke the news on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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