Eric Ciotti expelled from France’s conservative party over bid to ally with far right

Éric Ciotti, leader of France’s The Republicans (LR), was on Wednesday «unanimously» expelled from the traditional right-wing party he has helmed for a year and a half over his bid to ally with the far right ahead of snap legislative elections.

«We have just voted unanimously to exclude Éric Ciotti from our political family. He is no longer a member of the Republicans,» the party said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Ciotti’s announcement on Tuesday that he wanted to form an alliance with the far-right National Rally (RN) had sparked an uproar in the party.

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