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Éric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen or even Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidates of the extremes have not yet received the number of sponsorships necessary to stand for the next election. A situation in particular due to the lack of anonymity of elected officials.
Very to the right or very to the left, some candidates fear not to receive their sponsorships from elected officials for the presidential election. They then make the same request. “We can facilitate all of this by restoring the anonymity of the sponsorships”, at proposed Jean-Luc Mélenchon. An idea approved by Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen. Should we make the 500 names of elected officials anonymous to run for president? The question is debated.
Sponsorships can be obtained from 42,000 elected officials, between mayors, regional councilors, parliamentarians and departmental councilors. Another criterion, the signatures must come from at least 30 departments. But anonymity slows down the will to sponsor, especially that of Leslie Dudoit, mayor of Griscourt (Meurthe-et-Moselle) : “I would have preferred it to be anonymous so that it wouldn’t be misinterpreted. We could be under pressure “. But noNo change is expected for this presidential election, less than a hundred days before the election.