Éric Ciotti pushed to the door of the Republicans

The Republicans (LR) met urgently on Wednesday June 12. After two hours of discussion, party executives, still stunned by the announcement the day before of an alliance with the RN, voted unanimously for the exclusion of Eric Ciotti. The LR tenors thus oust the president of their own party. In the process, Éric Ciotti counterattacks. “I am and remain the president of our political party”, he writes. A political and legal standoff begins within the party in crisis.

Earlier in the day, at the Republican headquarters, at the announcement of an emergency meeting, Éric Ciotti kicked out his colleagues before locking the door. For party leaders, this is the sign of a cornered leader. “There is no room for traitors and small-time coups”, assures Valérie Pécresse, LR president of the Île-de-France region. Wednesday evening, Éric Ciotti launches a petition to support the alliance with the far-right.