Former LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, Benjamin Griveaux, announced the withdrawal of his candidacy Friday, February 14 after the publication of images and video of a sexual nature. (Illustration) - AFP

"We must think collectively and quickly," said LREM chief Stanislas Guérini, upon his arrival this Saturday at the party headquarters where several meetings are organized during the day to find a successor to Benjamin Griveaux who threw in the towel Friday after the broadcast of a sex video.

Municipal in Paris: for Stanislas Guérini, "we must think collectively and quickly" to find a successor to Benjamin Griveaux pic.twitter.com/Vw6wWQSdau

- BFM Paris (@BFMParis) February 15, 2020

The party has set itself the goal of having a candidate by Monday. "The walkers are more determined than ever to carry a change project for Paris (...) You know, history is not written in advance," added Mr. Guérini to the press.

UDI-Modem partners involved

The candidate should check three boxes, said Marie-Laure Harel, one of the spokespersons for the LREM campaign for Paris on BFMTV: "Wanting to be mayor of Paris", "being able to be operational, it that is to say to know Paris and be able to resume the campaign in a crisis situation ”, and finally“ to succeed in reaching consensus ”. "The campaign was, is, complicated but nothing is lost," she said, adding that the discussions involved "partners, with the UDI, with the MoDem".

Among the names cited to replace Benjamin Griveaux, are that of the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn, the former Minister Mounir Mahjoubi who said he was "available", or Delphine Bürkli, the outgoing mayor of the IXth arrondissement (ex- LR), close to Edouard Philippe.

Julien Bargeton also volunteered. The spokesperson for the LREM group in the Senate told journalists: "There will be the candidacy of Mounir Mahjoubi, probably that of [his counterpart in the Assembly] Sylvain Maillard, mine". But it will not be Marlène Schiappa, the Secretary of State for Gender Equality, who has declared that she will not be a candidate.

By the Web

VIDEO. Benjamin Griveaux's withdrawal: What is the risk of spreading sexual images of another person without his knowledge?

By the Web

Benjamin Griveaux's removal: The website that published the intimate videos taken offline

  • Paris
  • municipal
  • LREM
  • Benjamin griveaux