Keywords: Les Republicains


Retailleau Mocks Wauquiez over Édouard Philippe remarks as France's 2027 Presidential race heats up

Tensions within France's conservative camp have intensified after Bruno Retailleau sharply criticized fellow conservative Laurent Wauquiez over comments seen as favorable to Édouard Philippe ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Retailleau dismissed Wauquiez's remarks with a pointed......

Levens mayor leaves Les Républicains after 40 years to join Éric Ciotti’s party

After four decades of membership in Les Républicains, the mayor of Levens, Antoine Véran, has officially left the party to join the Union des Droites pour la République (UDR), led by Éric Ciotti. The decision comes just two months after his re-election as mayor of Levens,......

France: Tensions rise between Lecornu and The Republicans

A political clash has emerged in France between Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Les Républicains (LR) after the conservative party announced it would not join his upcoming government. In response, Lecornu—who resigned and was then reappointed as prime minister—declared......

French senator Philippe Mouiller detained for public intoxication after being found injured in Paris

French senator Philippe Mouiller, a member of Les Républicains (LR) and president of the Senate’s Social Affairs Committee, was found injured and intoxicated outside his home in Paris, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The 56-year-old senator from the Deux-Sèvres......

Michel Barnier returns to the French National Assembly after winning Paris by-election

Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier has secured a decisive victory in the by-election for Paris’s 2nd constituency, marking his return to the National Assembly 32 years after leaving it. Barnier, who obtained more than 62% of the vote, defeated Socialist candidate Frédérique Bredin......