France’s conservative Republicans party divided over alliance with far right
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00:00A now-divided party.
00:02Voters and supporters of the Republicans now face a dilemma, its alliance with the National
00:07Rally.
00:08These young members of the party are against the union.
00:12I'm very shocked because we're a Republican party that defends Republican values and an
00:18ally with the National Rally which doesn't defend any of these values.
00:22As a supporter of the Republicans, I couldn't endorse it.
00:26Both criticise Eric Ciotti of being too single-minded.
00:30We don't need to go with Le Pen as we don't need to go with Macron.
00:34There is another solution, we have values to defend, we won 7% in the elections.
00:40Supporters of the party in this affluent district of Paris also oppose a shift towards Marine
00:45Le Pen.
00:47Alliances with extremes, that's not what I want, it's not democratically good for France.
00:53Over in Cannes, where many voted for the National Rally on Sunday, some who voted for
00:58the Republicans welcomed the alliance.
01:02They need to join together to make something powerful and then they need to change the
01:05country.
01:06I don't see an alternative.
01:10This woman who voted for the Republicans also hailed the move.
01:14I'm in favour of it because why not, there has to be an agreement.
01:19These supporters of the Republicans hope the agreement will enable the National Rally
01:23to come to power.
01:26It's time maybe to do something different and why not with the National Rally, let's
01:30see what they're capable of.
01:32A poll by the Figaro and Audaxa indicated that 50% of right-wing voters are in favour
01:37of the alliance.