LR hopes to find an agreement with Rachida Dati “from the start of the school year”

The president of the Les Républicains (LR) federation of Paris, Agnès Evren, hopes to find “From here [à] Back to school an agreement “ With Rachida Dati on the legislative that must be held by October in the capital and the municipal elections of 2026 in order to avoid a fratricidal war with Michel Barnier, she said, Tuesday, July 29, at the France-Presse agency (AFP).

“I hope we will find an agreement from here [à] Back to school “said the Senator of Paris, responsible on Monday by the National Investiture Commission (CNI) of the party of “Conduct discussions” with the Minister of Culture and Mayor of 7^e arrondissement for “Build a gathering list” For municipal elections.

Rachida Dati announced on Monday her intention to run for, “Whatever happens”the seat of deputy left vacant in the 2^e district of Paris by the macronist Jean Laussucq, declared ineligible by the Constitutional Council. But the CNI has officially invested the former Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The Declaration of the Minister of Culture actually provokes a new psychodrama within the right -wing party.

“On the right, we all have the responsibility to win Paris against the left. It is a requirement for all Parisians who await alternation ”said Agnès Evren to AFP, believing that the maintenance of the two applications would send “A very bad signal”. “Republicans cannot win Paris without Rachida Dati and Rachida Dati cannot win without LR”assured the president of the Federation of Paris, mainly acquired by the boss of LR, Bruno Retailleau, who dubbed the candidacy of Michel Barnier. For Agnès Evren, there are three conditions so that the right can delight the capital to the left: “A strong embodiment that we already have [avec Rachida Dati]a solid project on which we work and unity ”.

Do not “add bazaar to the bazaar”

At the end of the CNI, the ex-presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse pleaded for a “Winner-win agreement” : Michel Barnier candidate LR in the legislative and Rachida Dati at the municipal election.

In order for this agreement to become a reality, LR sets two conditions: the first, which the minister would have accepted, is that the team of municipal councilors of Rachida Dati is “Mostly from LR (…) at 60-40 %, even 70-30 % »underlined Agnès Evren. The second poses more problems, because it requires the presence in this same team of LR members who had severely criticized the debauchery in January 2024 of the mayor of 7^e Arrondissement by Gabriel Attal to enter her government.

On the Renaissance side, the party that has held the seat so far, the situation is expected to clarify to the right to possibly present a candidate. The minister (Renaissance) in charge of digital, Clara Chappaz, whose name circulated for this partial legislative, said on Tuesday on RMC that she did not want “Add bazaar to the bazaar”.

She did not hide however that she wanted “Build” in an election but “In good time” et “In a logic of gathering”. “We can see that the situation is not clear, everything in its time”she added. “We will let the Republicans move forward” et “The presidential camp will also respond in due time” to the question of a possible pretender.