Aurélien Pradié ousted from management by Éric Ciotti

He will not have resisted the two weeks of tension in the Assembly. Aurélien Pradié, number 2 of the Republicans, was dismissed from his post by Éric Ciotti, the president of the party. The latter denounces, in a press release, “repeated positions that are no longer in line with the values ​​of coherence, unity and unity that must guide the Republican right”. An announcement that comes the day after the end of the debates in the Hemicycle. Aurélien Pradié quickly reacted on Twitter: “The only fate that matters is that of the French for whom we are committed. Convictions, it is defended, relentlessly.”

“Eric Ciotti’s leadership is not obvious”

From the start of the debates, he had conditioned his vote on strict advances on long careers. He was given a standing ovation by the Nupes, which annoyed Eric Ciotti, who supports the government bill. The divide is growing within the party. “The political group is fragile, the leadership of Eric Ciotti is not obvious”analyzes Benjamin Morel, political scientist and lecturer at the University of Paris 2. The crisis had been brewing since the elections for the presidency of the party, which had brought to light internal fractures.