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We are less than six months away from the presidential election, and as always, the race for sponsorships is at the heart of the candidates’ concerns. 500 elected officials’ signatures are needed, a major obstacle for some.
The 500 sponsorships of elected officials, essential sesame to appear before the French in the presidential election. A formality for the major political parties which have many elected officials. This concerns Emmanuel Macron if he declares himself, the future candidate of the Republicans, the socialist Anne Hidalgo or the communist Fabien Roussel. A more perilous exercise, however, for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen, Yannick Jadot or Arnaud Montebourg.
They are not the only ones. The “small” candidates are also getting organized, and are going to meet the rural mayors. Hélène Thouy, candidate of the animalist party, suffers from refusals, but not enough to weaken his determination. Each elected representative can sponsor only one candidate and his signature is irrevocable. In all, 42,000 city officials can sponsor a candidate. But only a third of them give their signature, and fewer and fewer of them do so: they were 17,815 in 2002 against 14,296 in 2017. Some local elected officials sometimes feel that they are only considered for a long time. this course.