Eric Ciotti sent an email to activists, inviting them to support “the gathering of the rights”

Eric Ciotti, sent an email to Les Républicains party activists on Wednesday June 12, inviting them to support “the gathering of the rights”after its announcement of an alliance with the National Rally for the early legislative elections in June, the franceinfo political service learned from the entourage of Eric Ciotti, who was excluded on Wednesday from LR “unanimously”by a political office of the party in which he did not participate,

“Dear companions, by opening the way to an alliance capable of bringing together all French people who share true right-wing values, I know that I have carried the voice of a majority of you”, wrote Eric Ciotti, who invites activists to support his appeal by clicking on a link. Those around him assure that he received more than 10,000 signatures in one hour.

According to the LR executives who excluded Eric Ciotti, the governance of the Gaullist movement is now ensured by MP Annie Genevard and François-Xavier Bellamy. “I am and remain the president of our political party, elected by the members”however reacted Eric Ciotti, immediately after his exclusion from the Republicans.

LR executives, including party leaders like Xavier Bertrand, Gérard Larcher and Valérie Pécresse, met at the Social Museum for this political office. The party headquarters had been closed by Eric Ciotti. A decision made “following the threats received and yesterday’s disorder”he explained on the social networkThere is no room for traitors and small-time coups.”