Should the sponsorship system be reformed?

On March 4, 2022, the contenders for the Élysée must have submitted their 500 sponsorships of elected officials, validated with the Constitutional Council.

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By: Adrien Delgrange

1 min

What do Marine Le Pen, Christiane Taubira, Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon have in common?

They are, of course, candidates for the French presidential election but their common denominator at the moment: it is the lack of sponsorship necessary to be able to present themselves to the supreme magistracy.

The countdown has started, in less than two weeks, the Constitutional Council will announce the list of candidates who have obtained the 500 sponsorships.

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And this time, more than during the last presidential elections, it would seem that obtaining the precious sesame is more difficult, more complicated?  

Is the current system, which dates back to the 1970s, out of breath?

Should the sponsorship system in France be reformed? 

To discuss:

- Dominique Rousseau

, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, author of the book

Odile Jacob editions, February 2022

- Jean-Philippe Derosier,

professor of public law at the University of Lille

- Marinette Valiergue,

spokesperson for the citizens' movement

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