Rachida Dati “placed herself outside our political family”. The president of the Republicans Eric Ciotti announced Thursday the exclusion from the party of the current president of the National Council of the Republicans after her appointment as Minister of Culture. “We are in the opposition, so we draw the consequences of his choice with regret,” Ciotti declared in a press release, deploring the departure of the former Minister of Justice, close to Nicolas Sarkozy.
Rachida Dati “disgraces herself” by joining macronism
The leader of the right had promised as soon as the appointment of Gabriel Attal to Matignon was announced on Tuesday that his party would remain in opposition. For the president of young LR, Guilhem Carayon, Rachida Dati “disgraces herself” by joining Macronism. “To opportunism, I will always prefer constancy, clarity and convictions,” he said on X.
Another ex LR, Catherine Vautrin, holder of several portfolios under Jacques Chirac and already tipped for Matignon in 2022, also joined the government as Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity.
“There will soon be more LR executives in the Government than in the Republican leadership! », reacted on X Renaud Muselier, the president of the Southern Region who had slammed the door of LR before the 2022 presidential election to join Renaissance.