A very symbolic ceremony for Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a strong supporter of Emmanuel Macron. The former prime minister of Jacques Chirac will receive this Wednesday night the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor at the Elysée, according to information from France info confirmed by BFMTV.com.
The one who no longer has a political function had been elevated to this highest order of the Legion of Honor by decree of July 13, 2022, at the same time as the lawyer and historian Serge Klarsfeld and the singer and actress Line Renaud, also co-founder from Sidaction.
Édouard Philippe on the guest list
Among the guests present, there will be “those who have counted in his political career”, confides Jean-Pierre Raffarin’s entourage, including Édouard Philippe, the head of Horizons who has sometimes conflictive relations with Emmanuel Macron.
After a career marked by the right, the former tenant of Matignon who would have seen himself president of the Senate for a time before being defeated by Gérard Larcher, now dedicates himself to his think tank Leaders for Peace and to Foresight and Innovation, close to China.
Source: BFM TV
