Emmanuel Macron has until Friday 6 p.m. for forward to Constitutional Council its 500 sponsorships.
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Emmanuel Macron will announce his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election on Friday March 4 in a letter to the French, according to information from franceinfo, according to several concordant sources joined by franceinfo, Thursday March 3. This letter will be published in all the titles of the regional press, according to the formula which was adopted after his speech on Wednesday evening.
This publication allows the Head of State, who was not yet an official candidate, to make his intentions known to the French, before formalizing his candidacy with the Constitutional Council. The candidates have until Friday March 4 to submit their 500 sponsorships of elected officials to the Constitutional Council. Emmanuel Macron must, like the other contenders, provide the Constitutional Council before Friday 6:00 p.m., in addition to the more than 500 endorsements of validated elected officials, a declaration of assets and a letter indicating his consent to be a candidate.
According to our sources, Emmanuel Macron wanted to avoid the pitfall of an oral statement out of step with the international context of the war in Ukraine. He therefore preferred to address a letter to the French. This formula remains sufficiently “solemn”, while being “sober”, indicates a source close to the file at franceinfo. It also allows him to develop why he is a candidate for re-election through this local media that is the regional press.
With the crisis in Ukraine, this declaration of candidacy had to be postponed. It should initially have taken place before the Agricultural Show, then on the day of its inauguration on Saturday February 26. Emmanuel Macron also wanted to launch his campaign with a meeting in Marseille on Saturday March 5. Contacts had been made for it to take place at Parc Chanot, with the aim of bringing together 10,000 activists. But in the context of the war in Ukraine, the president’s entourage announced on Monday February 28 that this meeting was canceled.