Eric Ciotti, leader of France's conservative Republicans party, called for an alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally ahead of the upcoming snap elections on June 30/7 July. This move aimed to challenge President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the lower house of Parliament. However, Ciotti's proposal caused significant turmoil within his party, leading to his expulsion by the party's national bureau. Despite his ousting, Ciotti has barricaded himself in his office, claiming he remains the party president.
Centre right Republicains announce they have ousted their party president - Eric Ciotti - after he proposed an electoral pact with Le Pen’s party. He has still barricaded himself in his office, and is saying that he is still president of the party. https://t.co/bs14wsOLnl
DEVELOPING: France's Republicans party chief Eric Ciotti, who called for an electoral alliance between his party's candidates and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally, has been kicked out of his own party, a party official says. https://t.co/qZ7iNWXRLu
#BREAKING French Conservative Party ousted its leader after his calls for alliances with the Far-Right in the elections
#BREAKING French conservative Republicans party vote out leader Ciotti over election pact bid with far right: statement https://t.co/DN4uDTosHP
‼️The national bureau of the French centre right party, Les Républicains, has just expelled its own President, Eric Ciotti. He went behind the back of other party bigwigs to make an alliance with Le Pen's far right party before the snap parliamentary elections on 30 June/7 July.
🇫🇷 *FRENCH CONSERVATIVES EXPEL LEADER AFTER HE MAKES FAR-RIGHT PACT - BBG
🇫🇷#France: Eric Ciotti, the leader of The Republicans (LR) has been kicked out of the party. This follows his decision to seek an alliance with the far-right National Rally (RN). https://t.co/A1psj6L7oJ
France’s conservative Republicans party chairman Eric Ciotti wants to form ‘alliance’ with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) https://t.co/M8rWcJpuqk https://t.co/KhlYfN8UuE
Les Républicains leader says he wants alliance with France’s far-right National Rally https://t.co/TJAv5IKvR2
The head of France’s mainstream conservative party called for an alliance with the far right in the coming elections, throwing his party into turmoil as President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the lower house of Parliament shakes French politics. https://t.co/eNV2K7cppT
The head of France’s conservative Republicains called for his party to join forces with the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen to take on French President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming snap election https://t.co/INa1fbUulE
France’s conservative leader calls for pact with far right https://t.co/UGBZ6TRPIp
French right-wing party leader Ciotti backs alliance with far right ahead of snap elections ➡️ https://t.co/rqLV9M82yC https://t.co/wDuTJSMQRz
France's conservative leader: Want to form "alliance" with Le Pen's National Rally https://t.co/DVCaBAg6AS https://t.co/lXzJwNXWOd
🔵 FRANCE'S CONSERVATIVE LEADER REACHES OUT TO FAR-RIGHT LE PEN TO FORM "ALLIANCE" Full Story → https://t.co/di5zxsGWbR France's conservative Republicans party chairman Eric Ciotti on Tuesday called for a country-wide alliance between his party's candidates and the far-right…
🇫🇷 *FRENCH REPUBLICAINS PARTY HEAD ERIC CIOTTI SPEAKS ON LCI TV - BBG *FRENCH REPUBLICAINS HEAD CALLS FOR ALLIANCE WITH LE PEN'S PARTY
🚨BREAKING Eric Ciotti, the leader of the centre-right Les Républicains party formerly led b.y Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, will announce tonight that he will cooperate with Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National. This will be in the form of local electoral alliances https://t.co/gv9AlrD96y