BREAKING: French Centre-Right Collapses Into Civil War Over Whether To Support Le Pen’s Nationalists

VIDEO SYNTHESIS / A political earthquake has just struck France as the Political Committee of the centre-right “Republicans” no confidenced — unanimously — party leader Éric Ciotti. Even more astonishingly, he refused to resign, responding with threats of legal action. How did this come about, just over two weeks away from a snap general election?

Ciotti had earlier announced his party would work with Le Pen’s National Rally to bring down Emmanuel Macron’s government. That was in itself yet another political earthquake, provoked by the colossal success of the nationalists at the European Elections. The key question now is — how will this affect power dynamics in the EU?

Sources:

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/france-election-polls-macron-jordan-bardella-marine-le-pen-25ltk7m8q

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240611-french-right-wing-party-leader-ciotti-backs-alliance-with-far-right-ahead-of-snap-elections

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240612-🔴-france-s-rightwing-les-républicains-vote-out-leader-éric-ciotti-over-election-pact-with-far-right

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Aired On: 06/12/24