Jean Castex on Tuesday called on elected officials to “provide their sponsorship” to presidential candidates, stressing that such an approach “is not automatically synonymous with political support”, while some like Marine Le Pen are struggling to bring together the 500 signatures.
Jean Castex on Tuesday called on elected officials to “provide their sponsorship” to presidential candidates, stressing that such an approach “is not automatically synonymous with political support”, while some like Marine Le Pen are struggling to bring together the 500 signatures.
A “deeply democratic” subject
The Prime Minister also indicated that he was going to receive on Thursday morning all the associations of local elected officials, as well as the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate in order “to discuss this situation together with respect for freedom. everyone”, “because there is a profoundly democratic subject”.
The head of government recalled that, out of approximately 42,000 elected officials authorized to grant their sponsorships – in particular mayors, parliamentarians, general and regional councilors -, only 10,000 had given their signature to a candidate.
Castex supports Bayrou’s initiative
Jean Castex also indicated that he “supported the initiative” of François Bayrou to create a “sponsorship reserve” for candidates deemed legitimate to collect at least 10% of voting intentions but who are struggling to collect 500 initials, in l species Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.