Overview

• Les Républicains’ leadership said the six ministers who joined the Lecornu II cabinet “can no longer claim LR,” with formal exclusions expected in the coming days or weeks.
• Culture Minister Rachida Dati is among those targeted for exclusion, yet she remains in office and continues her Paris mayoral campaign.
• Party interlocutors emphasize that disciplinary sanctions are separate from municipal nominations, indicating Dati’s LR investiture for 2026 stays in place for now.
• LR figures acknowledge they lack a comparable alternative for Paris, and Michel Barnier has ruled out a municipal bid.
• Rivals, including Horizons candidate Pierre-Yves Bournazel, attack Dati’s shifting affiliations as confusing for voters.