French presidential election
Macron’s opponents Le Pen and Zemour are in danger
02/20/2022, 4:27 PM
In France, many politicians on the conservative spectrum are competing for the presidency. But the two ultra-right-wing Le Pen and Zemour do not have legally required votes of support. Left melanchon could also have been eliminated early. Affected people find this rule unfair.
The far-right candidate for the presidency of France, Eric Zemour, may fail to garner the support he needs from the elected representatives for his candidacy. “I have no security, it’s very difficult,” the former journalist said on a TV show. Right-wing populist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and his Rasamblement National Party are still fighting for the required signatures of mayors and lawmakers.
If you want to run for the position of head of state in France, you need 500 supporting signatures of elected officials. These must be submitted by 6:00 PM on March 4 to be eligible for the first round of voting on April 10.
Zemour said he and his advisers have been calling the mayors of France for hours every day “to try to convince them”. “The mayor tells me, ‘Yes, you are great, we agree with you’, but they are afraid” that their names will be published. Zemour refers to the elections in which he is doing well. Should he no longer be able to stand as a candidate for not having his signature, the election would be “illegitimate”.
“it doesn’t make any sense”
Le Pen, who has twice stood as a candidate and entered a runoff against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in 2017, is also not satisfied with the system of signatures of supporters. “It doesn’t make any sense,” a spokesman for his Rasemblément Nationale told radio station FranceInfo on Sunday. “In all elections, Marine Le Pen is Emmanuel Macron’s main opponent”, but “other, less representative candidates have already qualified”.
According to the latest information from Thursday’s Constitutional Council, which collects the signatures of supporters, six potential presidential candidates have so far reached the required mark of 500 supporters, including the incumbent Macron, the conservative Valerie Pecresse and the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. Are included. Green Yanik Jadot doesn’t have just 10 more signatures. So far Le Pen has collected 366 signatures, Zemor 291. Leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has 370 supporters so far, also has to fight.
Zemour, who has been convicted multiple times for incitement to hatred, was recently tied in the polls with conservative Pecras with 15 percent, but behind Macron with 25 percent and Le Pen with 17 percent. Macron has not officially announced his candidacy for a second term.
