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00:00 Eric Ciotti has just walked into the building behind me, the headquarters of the Republicans
00:05 party, so yes, the traditional right-wing party here in France.
00:09 He told reporters that he's still leader of the party and that he's not alone and he's
00:14 really carrying on that line that he's still leader of the party.
00:18 Despite the fact that the party's senior officials, the heavyweights really in the party, they
00:23 met yesterday and they expelled him from the party but he's now threatening legal action
00:28 saying that any idea that he could just be pushed out of the party like that is illegal,
00:33 that's in his own words.
00:34 The heavyweights though in the party, they are saying he took this decision on his own
00:39 to align himself with the far right, with Marine Le Pen's party, with Jordan Bardella,
00:44 with her protege.
00:46 He took that decision on his own, he didn't consult them, they are not okay with it, they
00:49 are in absolutely no way aligning themselves with the far right and that is a good enough
00:54 reason to kick him out of the party.
00:56 But the drama continues and we're just not really sure who's in charge of the Republican
01:00 party at the moment.