A rally in support of Fillon in Paris
France completed the registration of presidential candidates. To overcome required to participate in the election threshold of 500 signatures are 11 people. On Saturday, March 18, according to Le Monde.
In elections will take part the representative of the party “working struggle” Natali Arto, Chairman of the party “people’s Republican Union” Francois Asselin, the Chairman of movement “Solidarity and progress” Jacques Cheminade, the candidate of the party “Wake Up, France!” Nicolas DuPont-Aignan, leader of “National front” marine Le Pen, leader of the centrist party of “Forward!” Emmanuel macron, a socialist Benoit Hamon, the representative of the far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the “New anti-capitalist party,” Philip Harris, and the Deputy-centrist Jean Lassalle.
The representative of “Republicans” Francois Fillon, whose participation in the campaign was called into question due to a corruption scandal that also has successfully overcome the selection process. TASS notes that the politician was the leader of aggregated signatures: 2593.
In 2012, the presidential election was attended by 10 candidates in 2007 — 12.
Under the laws of France, to participate in the presidential election a candidate must collect the signatures of 500 deputies of different levels (deputies, senators, members of the European Parliament from France, members of municipal and regional councils, mayors and other elected officials — a total of about 42 thousand people). The names of the guarantors are voiced publicly.
Presidential elections will be held in two rounds: April 23 and may 7.