Overview
- Éric Ciotti publicly urged Bruno Retailleau to meet to lay the groundwork for a right‑wing alliance with the RN, posting the proposal on Oct. 14.
- Gérald Darmanin confirmed he is leaving Renaissance and putting his Populaires micro‑party on hold, criticizing Gabriel Attal’s public doubts about Emmanuel Macron and saying he will focus on state duties.
- Bruno Retailleau left the Interior Ministry and handed over to Laurent Nuñez, a change that Algerian outlets welcomed as removing a hurdle to improved France‑Algeria relations.
- As LR president, Retailleau expelled six party figures who joined the Lecornu II government against LR’s decision not to participate.
- The party’s rifts widened over the suspension of the 2023 pensions reform and the Retailleau–Laurent Wauquiez rivalry, following the earlier crisis set off by Retailleau’s X post that preceded Sébastien Lecornu’s first resignation.