The leader of France’s conservative Republicans called on Tuesday for an alliance between his party’s candidates and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election – a political shift with wide repercussions. "We say the same things so let’s stop making up imagined opposition," Republicans (LR) leader Eric Ciotti told TF1 TV. "This is what the vast majority of our voters want. They tell us ‘reach a deal’." Ciotti’s comments signified that a decades-old consensus among mainstream parties to join forces to keep the far right out of power was blowing up following President Emmanuel Macron’s unexpected decision to call snap elections. Ciotti’s move also seemed to push the Republicans (LR) – the heir to Charles de Gaulle and Jacques Chirac’s parties – to the brink of collapse, with several party lawmakers walking out the door. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the unprecedented right-wing alliance sparking widespread outrage, FRANCE 24 is joined by Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, former French Senator (LR) and former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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