Thibault Nadal 11:03 p.m., April 10, 2022
With an estimated score of 4.7%, Yannick Jadot came in sixth position and did not reach the 5% mark, allowing a candidate to be reimbursed for his entire campaign.
To avoid financial difficulties for the party, EELV and its candidate called on their activists to donate this Sunday.
A real blow for Europe Ecology the Greens.
Arriving sixth in the first round of the presidential election this Sunday evening, - in a first round dominated by Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen - Yannick Jadot achieved the second best score for an environmental candidate in a presidential election.
Ostensibly a good score, but the candidate failed to reach 5%, with an estimated score of 4.7%.
A rule that does not allow the campaign to be fully reimbursed
Bad news for the party, since any candidate above the symbolic bar of 5%, is fully reimbursed for these campaign costs up to 8 million euros.
Placed below, EELV should receive "only" 800,000 euros.
So to repay a loan of 8.5 million euros according to BFMTV, Europe Ecology the Greens launched an appeal on Twitter with a simple message.
"Tonight, we need you. Make a donation".
Yannick Jadot also called for providing EELV with "financial support to continue these fights".
Julien Bayou, the party's national secretary, also went from his message on Twitter: "If each Yannick Jadot voter gives €3, we will have reimbursed the campaign and will be able to continue the fight for ecology", he said. writing.
Tonight we need you.
Donate at https://t.co/KRORXKBWMMpic.twitter.com/3Vak6vUxM4
— EELV (@EELV) April 10, 2022
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