Jean-Luc Mélenchon, counted Thursday at the end of the day more than 150,000 sponsorships, the threshold he had set himself to be able to stand for the presidential election of 2022. -

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The leader of rebellious France (LFI) should be able to run for the 2022 presidential election. Jean-Luc Mélenchon counted Thursday at the end of the day "more than 150,000 sponsorships", the threshold he had set himself to be able to stand for the election, we learned from LFI.

However, these sponsorships must still be validated by a bailiff, "next week", the same source said.

“The 150,000 mark is not an end in itself, people can continue to sign up to support the candidacy and the“ we are for ”campaign, it was added.

A "popular investiture"

On November 8, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had "proposed" his candidacy for the presidential election by conditioning it on a "popular nomination" of 150,000 signatures in order to establish a weakened position compared to 2017.

The figure of 150,000 "was not taken at random", according to the deputy Éric Coquerel on RFI, but is inspired by the "Jospin report which proposed an alternative" to the system of 500 sponsorships of elected officials.

A bill has been tabled in this regard by LFI, recalled the deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis.

A "selfish ambition"

Jean-Luc Mélenchon's declaration of candidacy was greeted with coldness, even hostility, by the other left-wing parties, which aim to pit a competitor against the leader of the Insoumis.

The first secretary Olivier Faure thus estimated that Emmanuel Macron had to "open a good bottle" Sunday evening upon hearing this announcement and castigated a "selfish ambition".

This is the third candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for a presidential election.

In 2017, he had totaled 19.58% of the votes cast, behind Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and François Fillon.

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