Deputy for Rhône Alexandre Vincendet was summoned to the office of the Les Républicains group at the Palais-Bourbon. At issue: his displayed and claimed support for former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, leader of the Horizons party.
By 10 votes to 2, the right-wing deputies thus chose that he would no longer officially sit among them. For the Republicans, caught in a vice since 2017 between the Macronists and the Lepénists, admitting that it is possible to support a non-LR candidate amounts to implicitly recognizing that the party heir to the RPR and the The UMP is no longer able to play leading roles and is condemned to playing subordinates.