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There will be 12 candidates in the first round of the French presidential election on 10 April, according to an official statement issued on Monday by Laurent Fabius, head of the Constitutional Council.
"In conformity with the French constitution, and with all relevant laws, the Constitutional Council has validated the candidacy of 12 persons in the presidential election to be held on 10 and 24 April next," Laurent Fabius announced.
Out of the 60 names on the list, only 12 contenders obtained the required 500 valid signatures from elected officials in at least 30 different French departments:
- Marine Le Pen, National Rally, far right
- Eric Zemmour, Reconquest, far right
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Stand Up France, right-wing sovereigntist
- Valérie Pécresse, The Republicans, mainstream right
- Emmanuel Macron, Republic on the Move, centrist
- Anne Hidalgo, Socialist Party, mainstream left
- Yannick Jadot, Green Party, ecologist
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, France Unbowed, far left
- Fabien Roussel, French Communist Party, far left
- Jean Lassalle, Resist!, far left
- Nathalie Arthaud, Workers' Struggle, far left
- Philippe Poutou, New Anticapitalist Party, far left
Of the 13,672 signatures of mayors submitted in support of the various candidates, the council accepted 13, 427 as valid.
One potential candidate, the anti-EU campaigner François Asselineau, was forced to withdraw because he did not have the necessary 500 names.

Twelve candidates line up to contest French presidential election
There will be 12 candidates in the first round of the French presidential election on 10 April, according to an official statement issued on Monday by Laurent Fabius, head of the Constitutional Council.

The latest polls still show Macron coming first in the first round. Of course anything could happen,the elections are next month.
Meanwhile,if you add all leftist candidates together,they represent 23,5% of voting intentions. Good to see the left being pretty much dead in France,for the better.