This Monday, March 7, the official list was made public with 12 candidates who will opt for the head of state. Each of them managed to collect 500 signatures from mayors and other elected officials before March 4, an essential requirement to be able to run for office. If none of them achieves an absolute majority in the first round, scheduled for April 10, the two with the most votes will meet in a second round on the 24th of that same month.
The French Constitutional Council announced this March 7 the official list of candidates for the presidential elections, with 12 contenders. There are four women and eight men who managed to gather 500 signatures for local charges, five of them are running for the third time. In 2017, 11 candidates contested the election, ten in 2012, 12 in 2007 and 16 in 2002.
A campaign that is expected to be disputed between the right and the extreme right, with a debate marked by the current war in Ukraine, the economic reactivation after the coronavirus pandemic and immigration policies. The left, with proposals to improve labor rights, reduce the retirement age and the energy transition, among others, is divided between several contenders.
Below is the profile of the candidates to lead the French Presidency for the next five years:
the current president, Emmanuel Macron, is running for a second term. He is the big favorite in this election, according to current polls. He proposes to work more and continue lowering taxes on labor and production. He promises that he will seek to make France the first country to come out of dependence on gas, oil and coal, but the French state was found guilty of ecological damage in 2021 by the Paris Court, for its climate inaction. During his tenure, the current president faced the Yellow Vests movement, the crisis with Mali, the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, among other challenges.
Valerie Pecresse, a right-wing candidate from the Republican party, is the first time that this formation presents a woman for election. The president of the Île-de-France region appears as the candidate who will benefit from greater purchasing power and security among the French. She proposes to increase the minimum wage and restore “order” in sensitive neighborhoods.
Marine LePen, the far-right candidate of the National Grouping party, is running for the third time. In the last election she made it to the second round, but Macron won by a wide margin. The candidate herself is no longer proposing to leave the European Union or abandon the Euro as a currency, but she still has radical proposals on immigration. She wants to toughen the laws that grant citizenship and systematically expel illegal immigrants.
Eric Zemour He is a far-right candidate who has already been sentenced three times for hate speech, especially for calling unaccompanied minors who come to French territory as immigrants “rapists” and “murderers.” He defends a traditional vision of French culture and education. His central themes are immigration, Islam and security.
Nicholas Dupont-Aignan he is another far-right candidate running for the third time. He promises measures for “freedom”, such as the end of the state of emergency and the vaccination pass. He proposes greater use of referendums to make national decisions and an increase in soldiers in the French Army and police forces. He also wants the return of border controls and the end of the Schengen area.
A weakened and divided left
Meanwhile, the left arrives at the election weakened, with little support in the polls and with seven independent candidates, which divides the chances of each one of being able to reach the second round.
Christiane Taubirawho had won the Popular Primary -an independent nomination process between left-wing candidates-, will be the great absentee from this election, since he did not manage to gather the 500 signatures necessary to be able to present himself.
Philippe Poutou was the surprise of this announcement, since it only had 439 signatures last Thursday, one day from the limit to collect them. He finally managed to gather the 500 supports and participates in the presidential race for the third time. This extreme left candidate, worker and trade unionist, opposes the capitalist system. Some of his proposals are the work week of 32 hours over 4 days and the restoration of retirement at 60 years.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, from the France Insumisa party, wants to establish a sixth Republic, a project focused on social and ecological justice. He also proposes an increase in the minimum wage and the elimination of nuclear energy, as well as the exit from NATO and a profound reform of the European Union. In current polls, he is far ahead of other leftist candidates. In the two previous elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon finished in fourth place.
Fabien Roussel, from the Communist Party, is running independently for the first time. In the last two elections, the former journalist had joined forces with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but this year he is on his own. His program is focused on ecology, the reduction of working hours to 32 hours per week, retirement at 60 years and free driver’s license for those under 25 years.
Nathalie Artaud, from the Lucha Obrera party, launches a third presidential campaign. He defends the interests of the workers, denounces exploitation, low wages and the capitalist system. He proposes to increase the minimum wage to 2,000 euros per month and to make retirement possible at 60 years of age.
jean lassalle, deputy, was a pastor and engineer before entering politics. His program gives great importance to rurality and ecology. He proposes granting a solidarity income to young people between 18 and 25 years old and hiring 100,000 nurses during his term. The candidate is famous for his 39-day hunger strike in 2006 to save a company in the region from him or for walking a 5,000-kilometer tour de France to meet the French in 2013.
Anne Hidalgo, candidate of the Socialist Party. Mayor of Paris and the first woman in this position, she is presenting herself for the first time. Her program focuses on solving “three great crises”: the social crisis, the ecological crisis and the democratic crisis. The candidate wants to increase the minimum wage, limit the differences in remuneration and reach 100% in renewable energies.
Yannick Jadot He is the green candidate. This activist was campaign manager for Greenpeace for 6 years. According to him, ecology has to be social. Among other measures, he proposes ending intensive agriculture and developing a new agricultural model, closing ten nuclear reactors by 2035 and installing 6,000 new wind turbines.
This Monday, March 7, the official list was made public with 12 candidates who will opt for the head of state. Each of them managed to collect 500 signatures from mayors and other elected officials before March 4, an essential requirement to be able to run for office. If none of them achieves an absolute majority in the first round, scheduled for April 10, the two with the most votes will meet in a second round on the 24th of that same month.
The French Constitutional Council announced this March 7 the official list of candidates for the presidential elections, with 12 contenders. There are four women and eight men who managed to gather 500 signatures for local charges, five of them are running for the third time. In 2017, 11 candidates contested the election, ten in 2012, 12 in 2007 and 16 in 2002.
A campaign that is expected to be disputed between the right and the extreme right, with a debate marked by the current war in Ukraine, the economic reactivation after the coronavirus pandemic and immigration policies. The left, with proposals to improve labor rights, reduce the retirement age and the energy transition, among others, is divided between several contenders.
Below is the profile of the candidates to lead the French Presidency for the next five years:
the current president, Emmanuel Macron, is running for a second term. He is the big favorite in this election, according to current polls. He proposes to work more and continue lowering taxes on labor and production. He promises that he will seek to make France the first country to come out of dependence on gas, oil and coal, but the French state was found guilty of ecological damage in 2021 by the Paris Court, for its climate inaction. During his tenure, the current president faced the Yellow Vests movement, the crisis with Mali, the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, among other challenges.
Valerie Pecresse, a right-wing candidate from the Republican party, is the first time that this formation presents a woman for election. The president of the Île-de-France region appears as the candidate who will benefit from greater purchasing power and security among the French. She proposes to increase the minimum wage and restore “order” in sensitive neighborhoods.
Marine LePen, the far-right candidate of the National Grouping party, is running for the third time. In the last election she made it to the second round, but Macron won by a wide margin. The candidate herself is no longer proposing to leave the European Union or abandon the Euro as a currency, but she still has radical proposals on immigration. She wants to toughen the laws that grant citizenship and systematically expel illegal immigrants.
Eric Zemour He is a far-right candidate who has already been sentenced three times for hate speech, especially for calling unaccompanied minors who come to French territory as immigrants “rapists” and “murderers.” He defends a traditional vision of French culture and education. His central themes are immigration, Islam and security.
Nicholas Dupont-Aignan he is another far-right candidate running for the third time. He promises measures for “freedom”, such as the end of the state of emergency and the vaccination pass. He proposes greater use of referendums to make national decisions and an increase in soldiers in the French Army and police forces. He also wants the return of border controls and the end of the Schengen area.
A weakened and divided left
Meanwhile, the left arrives at the election weakened, with little support in the polls and with seven independent candidates, which divides the chances of each one of being able to reach the second round.
Christiane Taubirawho had won the Popular Primary -an independent nomination process between left-wing candidates-, will be the great absentee from this election, since he did not manage to gather the 500 signatures necessary to be able to present himself.
Philippe Poutou was the surprise of this announcement, since it only had 439 signatures last Thursday, one day from the limit to collect them. He finally managed to gather the 500 supports and participates in the presidential race for the third time. This extreme left candidate, worker and trade unionist, opposes the capitalist system. Some of his proposals are the work week of 32 hours over 4 days and the restoration of retirement at 60 years.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, from the France Insumisa party, wants to establish a sixth Republic, a project focused on social and ecological justice. He also proposes an increase in the minimum wage and the elimination of nuclear energy, as well as the exit from NATO and a profound reform of the European Union. In current polls, he is far ahead of other leftist candidates. In the two previous elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon finished in fourth place.
Fabien Roussel, from the Communist Party, is running independently for the first time. In the last two elections, the former journalist had joined forces with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but this year he is on his own. His program is focused on ecology, the reduction of working hours to 32 hours per week, retirement at 60 years and free driver’s license for those under 25 years.
Nathalie Artaud, from the Lucha Obrera party, launches a third presidential campaign. He defends the interests of the workers, denounces exploitation, low wages and the capitalist system. He proposes to increase the minimum wage to 2,000 euros per month and to make retirement possible at 60 years of age.
jean lassalle, deputy, was a pastor and engineer before entering politics. His program gives great importance to rurality and ecology. He proposes granting a solidarity income to young people between 18 and 25 years old and hiring 100,000 nurses during his term. The candidate is famous for his 39-day hunger strike in 2006 to save a company in the region from him or for walking a 5,000-kilometer tour de France to meet the French in 2013.
Anne Hidalgo, candidate of the Socialist Party. Mayor of Paris and the first woman in this position, she is presenting herself for the first time. Her program focuses on solving “three great crises”: the social crisis, the ecological crisis and the democratic crisis. The candidate wants to increase the minimum wage, limit the differences in remuneration and reach 100% in renewable energies.
Yannick Jadot He is the green candidate. This activist was campaign manager for Greenpeace for 6 years. According to him, ecology has to be social. Among other measures, he proposes ending intensive agriculture and developing a new agricultural model, closing ten nuclear reactors by 2035 and installing 6,000 new wind turbines.
This Monday, March 7, the official list was made public with 12 candidates who will opt for the head of state. Each of them managed to collect 500 signatures from mayors and other elected officials before March 4, an essential requirement to be able to run for office. If none of them achieves an absolute majority in the first round, scheduled for April 10, the two with the most votes will meet in a second round on the 24th of that same month.
The French Constitutional Council announced this March 7 the official list of candidates for the presidential elections, with 12 contenders. There are four women and eight men who managed to gather 500 signatures for local charges, five of them are running for the third time. In 2017, 11 candidates contested the election, ten in 2012, 12 in 2007 and 16 in 2002.
A campaign that is expected to be disputed between the right and the extreme right, with a debate marked by the current war in Ukraine, the economic reactivation after the coronavirus pandemic and immigration policies. The left, with proposals to improve labor rights, reduce the retirement age and the energy transition, among others, is divided between several contenders.
Below is the profile of the candidates to lead the French Presidency for the next five years:
the current president, Emmanuel Macron, is running for a second term. He is the big favorite in this election, according to current polls. He proposes to work more and continue lowering taxes on labor and production. He promises that he will seek to make France the first country to come out of dependence on gas, oil and coal, but the French state was found guilty of ecological damage in 2021 by the Paris Court, for its climate inaction. During his tenure, the current president faced the Yellow Vests movement, the crisis with Mali, the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, among other challenges.
Valerie Pecresse, a right-wing candidate from the Republican party, is the first time that this formation presents a woman for election. The president of the Île-de-France region appears as the candidate who will benefit from greater purchasing power and security among the French. She proposes to increase the minimum wage and restore “order” in sensitive neighborhoods.
Marine LePen, the far-right candidate of the National Grouping party, is running for the third time. In the last election she made it to the second round, but Macron won by a wide margin. The candidate herself is no longer proposing to leave the European Union or abandon the Euro as a currency, but she still has radical proposals on immigration. She wants to toughen the laws that grant citizenship and systematically expel illegal immigrants.
Eric Zemour He is a far-right candidate who has already been sentenced three times for hate speech, especially for calling unaccompanied minors who come to French territory as immigrants “rapists” and “murderers.” He defends a traditional vision of French culture and education. His central themes are immigration, Islam and security.
Nicholas Dupont-Aignan he is another far-right candidate running for the third time. He promises measures for “freedom”, such as the end of the state of emergency and the vaccination pass. He proposes greater use of referendums to make national decisions and an increase in soldiers in the French Army and police forces. He also wants the return of border controls and the end of the Schengen area.
A weakened and divided left
Meanwhile, the left arrives at the election weakened, with little support in the polls and with seven independent candidates, which divides the chances of each one of being able to reach the second round.
Christiane Taubirawho had won the Popular Primary -an independent nomination process between left-wing candidates-, will be the great absentee from this election, since he did not manage to gather the 500 signatures necessary to be able to present himself.
Philippe Poutou was the surprise of this announcement, since it only had 439 signatures last Thursday, one day from the limit to collect them. He finally managed to gather the 500 supports and participates in the presidential race for the third time. This extreme left candidate, worker and trade unionist, opposes the capitalist system. Some of his proposals are the work week of 32 hours over 4 days and the restoration of retirement at 60 years.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, from the France Insumisa party, wants to establish a sixth Republic, a project focused on social and ecological justice. He also proposes an increase in the minimum wage and the elimination of nuclear energy, as well as the exit from NATO and a profound reform of the European Union. In current polls, he is far ahead of other leftist candidates. In the two previous elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon finished in fourth place.
Fabien Roussel, from the Communist Party, is running independently for the first time. In the last two elections, the former journalist had joined forces with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but this year he is on his own. His program is focused on ecology, the reduction of working hours to 32 hours per week, retirement at 60 years and free driver’s license for those under 25 years.
Nathalie Artaud, from the Lucha Obrera party, launches a third presidential campaign. He defends the interests of the workers, denounces exploitation, low wages and the capitalist system. He proposes to increase the minimum wage to 2,000 euros per month and to make retirement possible at 60 years of age.
jean lassalle, deputy, was a pastor and engineer before entering politics. His program gives great importance to rurality and ecology. He proposes granting a solidarity income to young people between 18 and 25 years old and hiring 100,000 nurses during his term. The candidate is famous for his 39-day hunger strike in 2006 to save a company in the region from him or for walking a 5,000-kilometer tour de France to meet the French in 2013.
Anne Hidalgo, candidate of the Socialist Party. Mayor of Paris and the first woman in this position, she is presenting herself for the first time. Her program focuses on solving “three great crises”: the social crisis, the ecological crisis and the democratic crisis. The candidate wants to increase the minimum wage, limit the differences in remuneration and reach 100% in renewable energies.
Yannick Jadot He is the green candidate. This activist was campaign manager for Greenpeace for 6 years. According to him, ecology has to be social. Among other measures, he proposes ending intensive agriculture and developing a new agricultural model, closing ten nuclear reactors by 2035 and installing 6,000 new wind turbines.
This Monday, March 7, the official list was made public with 12 candidates who will opt for the head of state. Each of them managed to collect 500 signatures from mayors and other elected officials before March 4, an essential requirement to be able to run for office. If none of them achieves an absolute majority in the first round, scheduled for April 10, the two with the most votes will meet in a second round on the 24th of that same month.
The French Constitutional Council announced this March 7 the official list of candidates for the presidential elections, with 12 contenders. There are four women and eight men who managed to gather 500 signatures for local charges, five of them are running for the third time. In 2017, 11 candidates contested the election, ten in 2012, 12 in 2007 and 16 in 2002.
A campaign that is expected to be disputed between the right and the extreme right, with a debate marked by the current war in Ukraine, the economic reactivation after the coronavirus pandemic and immigration policies. The left, with proposals to improve labor rights, reduce the retirement age and the energy transition, among others, is divided between several contenders.
Below is the profile of the candidates to lead the French Presidency for the next five years:
the current president, Emmanuel Macron, is running for a second term. He is the big favorite in this election, according to current polls. He proposes to work more and continue lowering taxes on labor and production. He promises that he will seek to make France the first country to come out of dependence on gas, oil and coal, but the French state was found guilty of ecological damage in 2021 by the Paris Court, for its climate inaction. During his tenure, the current president faced the Yellow Vests movement, the crisis with Mali, the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, among other challenges.
Valerie Pecresse, a right-wing candidate from the Republican party, is the first time that this formation presents a woman for election. The president of the Île-de-France region appears as the candidate who will benefit from greater purchasing power and security among the French. She proposes to increase the minimum wage and restore “order” in sensitive neighborhoods.
Marine LePen, the far-right candidate of the National Grouping party, is running for the third time. In the last election she made it to the second round, but Macron won by a wide margin. The candidate herself is no longer proposing to leave the European Union or abandon the Euro as a currency, but she still has radical proposals on immigration. She wants to toughen the laws that grant citizenship and systematically expel illegal immigrants.
Eric Zemour He is a far-right candidate who has already been sentenced three times for hate speech, especially for calling unaccompanied minors who come to French territory as immigrants “rapists” and “murderers.” He defends a traditional vision of French culture and education. His central themes are immigration, Islam and security.
Nicholas Dupont-Aignan he is another far-right candidate running for the third time. He promises measures for “freedom”, such as the end of the state of emergency and the vaccination pass. He proposes greater use of referendums to make national decisions and an increase in soldiers in the French Army and police forces. He also wants the return of border controls and the end of the Schengen area.
A weakened and divided left
Meanwhile, the left arrives at the election weakened, with little support in the polls and with seven independent candidates, which divides the chances of each one of being able to reach the second round.
Christiane Taubirawho had won the Popular Primary -an independent nomination process between left-wing candidates-, will be the great absentee from this election, since he did not manage to gather the 500 signatures necessary to be able to present himself.
Philippe Poutou was the surprise of this announcement, since it only had 439 signatures last Thursday, one day from the limit to collect them. He finally managed to gather the 500 supports and participates in the presidential race for the third time. This extreme left candidate, worker and trade unionist, opposes the capitalist system. Some of his proposals are the work week of 32 hours over 4 days and the restoration of retirement at 60 years.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, from the France Insumisa party, wants to establish a sixth Republic, a project focused on social and ecological justice. He also proposes an increase in the minimum wage and the elimination of nuclear energy, as well as the exit from NATO and a profound reform of the European Union. In current polls, he is far ahead of other leftist candidates. In the two previous elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon finished in fourth place.
Fabien Roussel, from the Communist Party, is running independently for the first time. In the last two elections, the former journalist had joined forces with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but this year he is on his own. His program is focused on ecology, the reduction of working hours to 32 hours per week, retirement at 60 years and free driver’s license for those under 25 years.
Nathalie Artaud, from the Lucha Obrera party, launches a third presidential campaign. He defends the interests of the workers, denounces exploitation, low wages and the capitalist system. He proposes to increase the minimum wage to 2,000 euros per month and to make retirement possible at 60 years of age.
jean lassalle, deputy, was a pastor and engineer before entering politics. His program gives great importance to rurality and ecology. He proposes granting a solidarity income to young people between 18 and 25 years old and hiring 100,000 nurses during his term. The candidate is famous for his 39-day hunger strike in 2006 to save a company in the region from him or for walking a 5,000-kilometer tour de France to meet the French in 2013.
Anne Hidalgo, candidate of the Socialist Party. Mayor of Paris and the first woman in this position, she is presenting herself for the first time. Her program focuses on solving “three great crises”: the social crisis, the ecological crisis and the democratic crisis. The candidate wants to increase the minimum wage, limit the differences in remuneration and reach 100% in renewable energies.
Yannick Jadot He is the green candidate. This activist was campaign manager for Greenpeace for 6 years. According to him, ecology has to be social. Among other measures, he proposes ending intensive agriculture and developing a new agricultural model, closing ten nuclear reactors by 2035 and installing 6,000 new wind turbines.