The president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) supports Valérie Pécresse and explains that he is taking this initiative “in a personal capacity”. It puts forward democratic considerations.
“Civic concern”. This is the explanation put forward by David Lisnard, the LR mayor of Cannes to give his sponsorship to the candidate of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon. His goal: “that demagogues do not play the victim”. The leader of rebellious France has for the moment only 370 signatures out of 500 despite his 10% voting intentions.
“I decided to sponsor the candidate from whom I am furthest removed, since I am ranked on the right, which is Jean-Luc Mélenchon. I ardently fight his convictions, his ideas and his values, but he must be able to compete”, indicates the elected official in a video shot in his office at City Hall.
President of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), Mr. Lisnard, who supports Valérie Pécresse, takes this initiative “personally”“to show that sponsorships are not worth support”.
“If Jean-Luc Mélenchon, or Marine Le Pen, who has a long-standing presence with a major political party and who is second in the polls, or Éric Zemmour who has a dynamic, could not present themselves, that would be a serious attack on democracy”he also justified recalling that mayors, but also parliamentarians, regional or departmental councilors can give sponsorships.
If Valérie Pécresse, Emmanuel Macron or Anne Hidalgo already have their 500 sponsorships, others do not hide their difficulties as the March 4 deadline approaches such as Eric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen or Christiane Taubira (only 86 signatures).