Presidential 2022 in pictures: Yannick Jadot in "broker on Wall Street" style, Zemmour Le Pen handshake, and Fabien Roussel in turmoil

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.

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

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• Yannick Jadot went from "no tie" to "broker on Wall Street" style... However, he remains the environmentalist candidate and before the Medef, the bosses' union, he proposed an "ecological malus bonus on economic policy tools" , in particular corporate tax, or via a climate ISF, also defended by the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo.

• Fabien Roussel, the communist candidate, defended the nationalization of a bank and the insurer Axa to allow the state to invest more in the economy.

  Questioned by

  Mediapart

  , which accuses him of having been paid between 2009 and 2014 as a parliamentary assistant without having really worked, he assured Monday that he had "the documents" proving his activity.

• The (extreme?) right hand very firm, Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen crossed paths at the Medef tribune.

  They promised to continue reducing production taxes for companies.

• In a field at the foot of Mont-Saint-Michel (Manche), Éric Zemmour exalted the "power" and Christian values ​​of France on Saturday after presenting his new recruit from the RN, Nicolas Bay. 

• Anne Hidalgo quipped Friday evening in Bourbriac (Côtes-d'Armor), during a public meeting, on the "useful vote" on the left in favor of Jean-Luc Mélenchon advocated by the former socialist minister Ségolène Royal.

  Are these salads?

• On the same subject, Yannick Jadot also joked, saying that “in politics, (he) preferred the straight line and the whole schuss”, rather than the slalom.

  Well, the Winter Olympics are over now Yannick! 

• Oral catch-up for Valérie Pécresse who held her second major campaign meeting on Friday in Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) after the false start of Zenith de Paris...

• Before that, she had trained as a baker!

  She's right, you never know what the future holds...

• “I thank @RoyalSegolene for her rallying words regarding my candidacy.

  His merit is all the more respectable because I know that his support is not a rallying.

  So I'm very grateful to him."

  Hey, a nice word from Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Twitter!

  On the sponsorship side, the leader of rebellious France has so far only 370 signatures out of 500 required.

  And only 86 at Christiane Taubira...

• On Sunday, Marine Le Pen, who has obtained 366 signatures to date despite her 17% in the polls, spoke of a "situation which, democratically, is terrifying", claiming to have "never been so worried".

  Well, there, it's only a shadow, don't be afraid! 

• “Well, then, when will I be able to declare myself a candidate for my re-election with the job I have at the moment?

  seems to ask Emmanuel Macron!

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