It was expected. That's done. The executive office of La République en Marche decided this Wednesday evening to "take note that Cédric Villani is no longer a member" of the party. This announcement comes three days after the interview between the mathematician and Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée. A meeting that did not prevent Cédric Villani from maintaining his candidacy for mayor of Paris against the candidate officially invested by LREM, Benjamin Griveaux.
The walkers pointed out “the unambiguous words” of the mathematician, who had explained that “between belonging to a political apparatus and the commitment to the city that made me, I choose to remain faithful to Parisians by maintaining my candidacy freely "and" have drawn the consequences, "the party said in a statement.
An exclusion "without heated debates"
According to several sources, the decision was taken "without heated debates" within the executive office of LREM, which said "regret the situation".
Emmanuel Macron had asked Cédric Villani to get closer to Benjamin Griveaux, but the deputy for Essonne had opposed it, declaring a "major divergence" with the head of state.
"The words are clear," had reacted the next day the party boss, Stanislas Guerini, while several macronists considered that the medalist Fields had "crossed the red line" by "making an arm of honor" to the leader of the 'State. "The movement has reached out to Cédric Villani to the end and will continue to work to bring all of its members together," La République en Marche said in its press release on Wednesday evening.