Matthieu Bach, mayor of La Chapelle-Rambaud (Haute-Savoie), has decided to grant his sponsorship to… Thomas Pesquet.

The elected official, much in demand by all the candidates a few weeks before the first round, preferred not to do politics by opting for "someone inspiring", he told

Ouest-France

.

He then thought of the French astronaut, who completed his second mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last November.

Engage young people

Mayor of a village of 260 inhabitants located near Geneva, Matthieu Bach also sees in this sponsorship a way of challenging young people to encourage them to take an interest in this election.

“The idea was to present someone serious, who necessarily calls out when you see the name”, he explains to

Dauphiné

.

He is not the only elected official to have shunned the official presidential candidates.

Ophélie Brun, mayor of Villard-Notre-Dame (Isère), for example granted her sponsorship to the comedian Guillaume Meurice.

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