Excluded from the Republican presidency the day before, Eric Ciotti arrived Thursday morning at his party’s headquarters in Paris, where he still calls himself president. “I am president of the party, I go to my office, that’s all”, he told reporters upon his arrival. Denouncing the “strength” of his internal opponents, he announced that “the Paris judicial court is seized by summary judgment for challenge the validity of this decision which makes no sense.” Wednesday, the party office unanimously excluded itafter he announced his desire to form an alliance with the National Rally for the legislative elections.
“Some individuals, for fear of losing their mandate or to win one, go crazyreacted Christine Gavalda-Moulenat, the LR president in the Pyrénées-Orientales, guest on the morning show of France Bleu Roussillon. His behavior is surreal: locking himself in his office, withdrawn, it’s distressing. We live a major political crisis, orchestrated by the President of the Republic who took the crazy decision to dissolve the National Assembly on the evening of a European election.”
LR candidates in the four constituencies of the Pyrénées-Orientales?
Wednesday evening, the representatives of the Republicans in Catalonia met in Perpignan. “We have received applications for LR investitures. We will review them until Friday noon. Either we will have LR candidates, or we will have no one in certain constituencies.”
