The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati said on Friday, alongside her colleague Benjamin Haddad, her wish to unite the right and the macronist clan for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris.
Is a union possible between LR and Renaissance? This is the wish of the Minister of Culture and candidate for the 2026 municipal elections, Rachida Dati. She said before dozens of activists that “Parisians want alternation, they want it to change. So if we lose tomorrow, it will be our fault because we have sabotaged». «We have a responsibility for union. We have a common ideological base“, She insisted.
The former Minister of Nicolas Sarkozy swears “loyalty and recognitionEternal to Emmanuel Macron, whom she joined in early 2024. By her side, the Minister of European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad nods, hammering two words: “gathering” and “unity”. “Rachida (Dati) is a warrior (Fighting, Editor’s note), “observes Mr. Haddad for whom the one who was elected three times mayor of VIIe Borough “is best placed” for 2026.
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An upcoming decision at Renaissance
Nine months of municipal elections, however, it is not acquired that the macronists rank behind Rachida Dati. Renaissance has not yet decided its strategy for Paris, although the idea that Ms. Dati has already obtained the approval of Emmanuel Macron: in sound extracts broadcast in early June by France 2, the Minister of Culture affirms to Parisian elected officials LR having “had”insurance“The president to be”unique candidate»In Paris.
On the other hand, a fringe of Renaissance activists, especially in the historic nucleus, could support the candidate Horizons Pierre-Yves Bournazel, who launched his campaign in early June. A decision must be made by the end of the summer on the subject.
Rather, the Minister has reserved her comments for another LR: Senator Francis Szpiner, candidate for the LR inauguration for municipal elections. “”He is feverish», «in attack and surrection“Railed Ms. Dati.
