距离至关重要的议会选举不到一个月之际，菲利普的倒戈对保守派阵营的共和党(Republican party)是一个新的打击。该党希望赢得议会多数席位，以迫使马克龙接受该党的议程。
Mr Macron’s poaching of Mr Philippe to lead his government was announced on his first full day in office, shortly before he flew to Berlin for a meeting with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.
此前共和党总统候选人弗朗索瓦?菲永(Fran?ois Fillon)陷入一场挪用公款的丑闻，没能进入总统选举的最后一轮。
Less than a month before vital legislative elections, the defection of Mr Philippe is a new blow to the conservative Republican party, which hopes to win a parliamentary majority to force Mr Macron to adopt its agenda.
46岁的菲利普呼应了马克龙的超越法国传统的左/右翼分歧的努力，在正式交接班时赞扬了他的社会党(Socialist)前任伯纳德?卡泽纳夫(Bernard Cazeneuve)。
The party’s presidential nominee, Fran?ois Fillon, was engulfed in an embezzlement scandal and failed to make it through to the final round of the presidential election.
“你属于左翼，我属于右翼，但我们相互尊重，我们知道，共同利益必须指导我们的（政治）承诺，” 他说。马克龙希望菲利普能够帮助他吸引共和党选民，在6月11日和18日的议会选举中为他的新政党“共和前进”(La République En Marche)赢得多数席位。
Mr Philippe, 46, echoed Mr Macron’s effort to transcend France’s traditional left-right split by praising his Socialist predecessor, Bernard Cazeneuve, at the formal handover of office.
到目前为止，马克龙更容易吸引社会党的政治人物。社会党在总统选举中蒙羞，其候选人的票数远远落后，排在第五位。
“You’re a man of the left, I’m a man of the right, and yet, we respect each other, and we know that the common interest must guide our [political] commitment,” he said. Mr Macron is hoping Mr Philippe will help him win a majority for his new La République en Marche party in parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18 by attracting Republican voters.
新任总理目前是法国西北港口城市勒阿弗尔(Le Havre)市的市长、国民议会议员。跟马克龙一样，菲利普在社会问题上持自由派立场，在经济上持亲商立场。他与前总理阿兰?朱佩(Alain Juppé)关系密切，朱佩在共和党总统初选中被菲永击败。
So far it has been easier for Mr Macron to attract politicians from the Socialist party, which was humiliated in the presidential election when its candidate came a distant fifth.