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The cadence of the next few days depends on a presidential campaign whose intensity will increase as April 10 approaches, the date of the first presidential round. France 24 presents a list of the key moments.
After President Emmanuel Macron confirmed his candidacy for the French presidential elections – whose first round will be on April 10 – the electoral campaign is in full swing for the 12 Elysee candidates confirmed by the Constitutional Council.
The period to obtain the guarantees, the term for the presentation of the candidacies, the official campaign: the next few weeks will be marked by fundamental dates in the calendar for the presidential election. Little recap.
March 4
Deadline to present the candidacy for the presidential election. All the guarantees must have been sent to the Constitutional Council before 6:00 p.m. That Friday also marks the deadline for voters to register on the electoral lists for the first round of counting. March 18 is the deadline for registration in view of the second round.
7 of March
Publication of the official list of candidates for the presidential election after prior validation by the Constitutional Council.
28th March
The official campaign begins with radio and television broadcasts of the candidates’ campaign announcements. The set of audiovisual media must observe a rule of strict equality in the times of intervention.
April 8
On Friday at midnight the campaign of the first round ends. Candidates are no longer authorized to speak on April 9 and 10. Likewise, the publication of surveys is also prohibited.
April 10th
First round of the presidential election. In Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and French Polynesia, voters vote the day before because of the time difference.
April 14th
No later than this date, the Constitutional Council validates the results of the first round and the identity of the two candidates present in the second round.
April 15
The official campaign for the second round begins. It follows the same rules of equality in the intervention times that there were in the first round and ends on Friday, April 22 at midnight.
April 24
Second round of the presidential election. In Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and French Polynesia, voters vote the day before because of the time difference.
28th of April
The Council must validate the results of the second round no later than Thursday, April 28. Official proclamation of the new President of the Republic.
may 13th
Deadline for the transfer of powers. The inauguration of the newly elected person must take place no later than the last day of the term of the outgoing president. The five-year term of Emmanuel Macron – whose presidency began on May 14, 2017 – ends on May 13, 2022.
June 24
Deadline for submitting the candidates’ campaign accounts to the National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing (CNCCFP, for its acronym in French), that is, two months after the second round of the presidential election.
This article was adapted from its French original
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