Overview
- Caradec, who disclosed the switch Tuesday on X, left Les Républicains to join Éric Ciotti’s Union des droites pour la République and was quickly welcomed by him online.
- Her stature makes the defection consequential, as she has led LR’s Bouches‑du‑Rhône federation since 2023 and is vice-president of the departmental council after years in Marseille city hall.
- She said she chose a “clear line” for a right that is liberal and uncompromising, and she had already pressed for a technical pact with the RN‑aligned camp between the two municipal rounds in March.
- The timing undercuts LR locally because the federation is weeks from leadership renewal, with Catherine Pila and Ludovic Perney in the running, and Pila saying Caradec would not seek another term for personal reasons.
- Ciotti cast the move as part of a broader realignment after his 2024 break with LR and alignment with the RN, while RN leader in Marseille Franck Allisio praised the shift as carrying post‑municipal momentum.