Every five years, the great political rout of the presidential election keeps France and the French in suspense.

This year, the first round will be held on April 10, while the second will take place on April 24. The various candidates have until March 4 to collect and file the 500 signatures of elected officials necessary to be on the starting line.

In addition to sound bites and other "stink balls", scandals and twists and turns, a presidential campaign also generates strong images that mark the political history of our country.

Traveling in rural areas, in the suburbs, in businesses, or even the organization of meetings, offers a fabulous playground for photographers who cover the electoral campaign.

20 minutes

has chosen to make you experience the 2022 presidential election through the sometimes quirky eye of photojournalists.


Directed by:

Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • According to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for

    Paris Match

    , LCI and Sud Radio published on Monday February 14, Jean-Luc Mélenchon takes a little height on the left.

  • He gains one point (11%) ahead of the ecologist Yannick Jadot (4.5%, stable), Christiane Taubira (3%, -1.5 point), the communist Fabien Roussel (3%, -0.5 point) and socialist Anne Hidalgo (2.5%, stable).

  • On Sunday, Valérie Pécresse tried to galvanize the 7,500 or so people who came to her first big meeting in Paris by praising her "new France", and sometimes looking for the right tone in a speech lasting more than an hour...

  • Rachida Dati, without a mask, was not always very attentive during the performance of Valérie Pécresse.

    But she was present, like all the tenors of the Les Républicains party.

  • Eric Zemmour put on his boots for a walk in the forest in Saulieu on February 12.

    According to the same poll published on Monday, he is tied with Valérie Pécresse (15%).

  • He then gave a meeting in… Saulieu, Texas, United States?

    Oh no, it's in Burgundy in the Côte-d'Or department!

  • Still struggling in the polls, Anne Hidalgo left to recharge her batteries in the nature of the Antilles, in Guadeloupe.

  • And she got back to physical exercise!

  • The president of the Radical Left Party (PRG), Guillaume Lacroix, announced on Monday that his party was “withdrawing” from the candidacy of Christiane Taubira, who is stagnating around 3% in the polls.

    Even the campaign boxes fall over!

  • But flowers keep you smiling... and energized!

  • Press conference in a boat for Marine Le Pen!

    Let's hope that he flees less than his party which has just recorded a departure towards Eric Zemmour, with that of the only senator of the National Rally Stéphane Ravier.

  • However, she keeps smiling!

    We don't know if it's his 17% in Monday's poll, or the jacket of this RN sympathizer...

  • For his part, Emmanuel Macron, not yet an official candidate, is still above the fray with 25% of voting intentions in the first round of the election... But we still don't know when he will decide to come. getting your fingers pinched in the basket of crabs of the declared candidates.

  • Before the weekend, Valérie Pécresse came to say hello to Nicolas Sarkozy, still as influential on the right.

    “We had a frank and affectionate conversation” and “it was very useful for me to have the advice of a former President of the Republic”, assured Valérie Pécresse.

    To music by Nino Rota?

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  • Anne Hidalgo

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  • Jean-Luc Melenchon

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  • Valerie Pécresse