France’s centre-right Les Républicains party has picked a hardliner from the party’s right wing to be its new leader, about nine months after the party, once a mainstay of political power, dropped to its lowest results in national elections. Éric Ciotti, 57, got 53.7% of the vote in a run-off vote, interim party leader Annie Genevard announced on Sunday. Originally from France’s south-east, he is nicknamed Mr Security by some. Critics say has has blurred the lines between the party’s right tilt and right-wing nationalism. Ciotti had already taken the lead when voting began last weekend. In thi…