- Cédric Villani is a dissident candidate in the municipal elections in Paris against Benjamin Griveaux, designated by La République en Marche.
- The mathematician rejected the proposal of Emmanuel Macron, who asked him this Sunday to "get closer to Benjamin Griveaux".
- The party, which should pronounce its exclusion on Wednesday, believes that the deputy has placed himself outside the movement.
Here the exit. After dismissing Sunday the request of Emmanuel Macron to "get closer to Benjamin Griveaux", official candidate of The Republic on the march in Paris, Cédric Villani should be excluded from the party. "I will ask my executive office on Wednesday evening to confirm the fact that [it] is no longer a member," announced Stanislas Guerini, general delegate of En Marche, this Monday morning, six weeks before the municipal elections.
An exclusion that does not say its name
It is sometimes difficult to put words on a breakup. For the past few hours, the two sides have been passing the buck. "[His] remarks are unambiguous," said Stanislas Guerini on Radio Classique. For the leader of the presidential party, Cédric Villani "said things quite clearly, he indicated his break with the President of the Republic and then that he left La République en Marche. "
Cédric Villani was however less assertive this Sunday, after his interview with Emmanuel Macron. "Between belonging to a political apparatus and loyalty, the commitment to the city that made me, I choose to remain faithful to Parisians by maintaining my candidacy freely," he assured, without for as much to announce that he was leaving the movement. Will it still be excluded?
Relaunched by 20 Minutes , the party refuses to pronounce the word taboo, contenting itself with paraphrasing its boss. "Stanislas Guerini will ask the executive office to confirm the fact [that Cédric Villani] is no longer a member of LREM, as he himself indicated on Sunday evening when he chose to break with the president and our movement".
Other evictions of dissidents during municipal elections
The Republic on the move had, however, been more diligent with other dissident candidacies. In Compiègne, Christian Jasko, who stood against the UDI candidate supported by the party, was excluded in late September. In Besançon, Alexandra Cordier was also thanked by e-mail after having resigned from her position as departmental referent and having launched herself into the race for mayor against the "official" candidate. Same story for Dominique Sassoo in Aix-en-Provence or Béatrice Agamennone in Metz.
The case of Cédric Villani should therefore be decided in the same way after the meeting on Wednesday evening. "We acted on what Stanislas Guerini said, but we prefer to stay focused on our campaign," says Anne Le Breton, pro-Villani candidate in Paris center. “Because the original spirit of En Marche was double membership [to LREM while keeping a PS or LR label], swarming with ideas, the will to reform. So we do not mix in these party stories, very old world, which do not interest Parisians. "
Will the deputy mayor of the 4th arrondissement and the other supporters of Cédric Villani - a dozen LREM deputies - also be excluded? "Exchanges are underway," we sweep the party. In the metropolis of Lyon, another dissent has still not been decided. The outgoing president David Kimelfeld is still in the running against the former Minister of the Interior Gérard Collomb, invested by LREM.
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