the right is getting into marching order around Rachida Dati

They want to stop the quarrels of factions and egos. While the ecologist Yannick Jadot made note of his candidacy in the columns of Parisianthe fourth in the ranks of the left, LR tenors expressed, Monday January 20, 2025, their desire to see the right and the center gather behind Rachida Dati for the Paris municipal elections in 2026.

Rachida Dati’s “alternation project” praised

The first to have hammered home this message of unity is Agnes Evren. Mocking the “brilliance” of the left “under the weight of personal ambitions and deep disagreements”, the president of the LR federation of Paris, number 2 in the party and senator from the capital, called for support for the candidacy by Rachida Dati in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro. According to her, the Minister of Culture has “the popularity”, “the pugnacity” and “the experience” to be elected mayor.

The call launched by Agnès Evren was quickly relayed by Geoffroy Boulard. In a press release relayed on the social network X, the mayor of the 17th arrondissement also lined up behind Rachida Dati. The councilor thus advocated federation around the “alternation project” carried, in his eyes, by the mayor of the 7th arrondissement. This announcement could spell the end of the opposition group made up of members of Horizon and LR, Union Capitalalready atrophied by the departures of executives.

According to The Parisianthe mayor of the 8th arrondissement decided to leave Union Capitale to join the group Tomorrow Paris!created by the senator of Paris and former mayor of the 16th arrondissement, Francis Szpiner. A defection which testifies to the difficulties of the right in overcoming divisions.

It remains to observe the reaction of Pierre-Yves Bournazel. The co-president of the Union Capitale group, member of the Horizons party, and Paris councillor, has already indicated that he wishes to run in the municipal elections. He could therefore distance yourself from Agnès Evren and Geoffroy Boulardwith whom he founded the main opposition group in the Municipal Council.

But the right wants to move quickly and count on multiplication applications to gauche to advance his pawns. After the communist Ian Brossat, the socialists Emmanuel Grégoire and Rémi Féraud, it was senator Yannick Jadot who chose to launch into the battle to succeed Anne Hidalgo.

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