2024-10-16 07:07:00
For now Eric Ciotti is irreplaceable. At the end of their political mandate, on Tuesday evening, 15 October, the Republicans (LR) decided to subsequently decide the succession of the Nicoise, president who resigned on 1 October, but was strongly pushed towards his exit following the announcement of his alliance with the National Rally (RN), on 11 June. “We need to get the party back on track and then plan how to organize the elections,” – explained Michèle Tabarot as she left the office. The Alpes-Maritimes MP was appointed interim head of the LR together with MEP François-Xavier Bellamy, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard and party treasurer Daniel Fasquelle.
It is up to the quartet to manage current affairs before setting the date for internal elections, probably in the first half of 2025. But there is no rush. During his mandate, Daniel Fasquelle specified that the party’s finances do not allow it to organize an election in the next few weeks. With the Ciotti episode, LR saw its activists’ donations collapse and many elected officials stop paying their contributions. It is therefore urgent to wait. “The idea is to reorganize the party, update our statutes and ensure the transition until the end of the year,” adds Maine-et-Loire MP Anne-Laure Blin.
But the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, did not come to the Maison de la Chimie in Paris at all. Like the other members of the office, he learned this‘an “exploratory mission” it would have been entrusted to Laurent Wauquiez. Excellent news, according to another member of the government present, Othman Nasrou. “To start a new dynamic, we need the commitment of Laurent Wauquiez to get our party back up and running”declares the Secretary of State responsible for citizenship and the fight against discrimination.
At a standstill
But, with caution, Wauquiez, former president of LR (2017-2019), prefers not to reveal anything about his desire to take over the leadership of the party in the near future. In the coming weeks the head of the LR delegates will have to lead a responsible working group “propose a complete review of [notre] movement”say those around him. “Nothing has been decided, but he will surround himself with all those who want to participate in this work”explains Mrs. Tabarot.
“Discussion groups are always useful”breath, ironic, Aurélien Pradié. On June 26, Lot’s deputy almost slammed the door. “The party can be reformed, but not the brand”he then declared to La Dépeche du Midi. Many of them also think that this brand, the LR brand, “who has never won an election”lived. Other elected officials note that the life of the party has been at a standstill for four months and since the Ciotti episode. In WhatsApp loops, young activists regret receiving more messages from the Union for the Rights of the Republic (Ciotti’s new formation) than from their leaders.
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