Following the 2024 European election results, President Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly.
On 11 June 2024, in response to the announcement, Éric Ciotti, leader of The Republicans (LR), suggested that the LR form a political and electoral alliance with the National Rally (RN) and run joint candidates at the upcoming elections.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN group in the National Assembly, described Ciotti’s announcement as a "brave choice".
[2] His response was heavily criticized within LR itself, which led to executives of the party ousting him as leader, causing a crisis within The Republicans.
[6] On 9 July 2024, Ciotti announced the formation of the On the Right group in the National Assembly, gathering 16 of the 17 candidates he put forward for the elections.