FILE PHOTO: Xavier Bertrand, president of the French Hauts-de-France region and member of the Republicans political party, arrives to attend a political council at the party headquarters in Paris, France, April 24, 2017 the day after the first round of the French presidential election. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
PARIS (Reuters) - Right-wing heavyweight Xavier Bertrand quit France's main conservative party, The Republicans, on Monday, highlighting the challenges its new chief will face in trying to keep the party together.
The move comes a day after party members overwhelmingly elected Laurent Wauquiez as a their new boss, following a campaign during which he said President Emmanuel Macron was too weak on security and immigration.
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