Eric Ciotti, the disputed leader of the right-wing Republicans (LR) following his alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN), announces that he wants to transform LR into the Union of the right parties for the Republic (UDR). "I'm not resigning from the Republicans, we're creating a new political group", he says, brushing aside questions about his ability to decide on his own to transform LR, at a time when LR members have already made three unsuccessful attempts to exclude him, and are now waiting for the courts to rule again on October 14. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES