The national council of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) approved this Saturday March 23 its joining the list led by Valérie Hayer. Around fifteen participants voted against, as many abstained.
But the centrist party had little other choice. After the failure of the autonomous list in 2019 (2.5%, no elected representative), “we saw the limit of the possible” recalled Hervé Marseille, highlighting the “drift to the right” of the Republicans.