Berliner Boersenzeitung - The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential election

EUR -
AED 3.973743
AFN 72.902233
ALL 98.375571
AMD 417.79432
ANG 1.945844
AOA 986.133506
ARS 1068.267744
AUD 1.653032
AWG 1.947377
AZN 1.839693
BAM 1.955305
BBD 2.179969
BDT 129.017365
BGN 1.95627
BHD 0.407693
BIF 3138.035244
BMD 1.081876
BND 1.431051
BOB 7.460113
BRL 6.233336
BSD 1.079637
BTN 90.755044
BWP 14.492602
BYN 3.533306
BYR 21204.776285
BZD 2.17627
CAD 1.505853
CDF 3148.259798
CHF 0.938418
CLF 0.036956
CLP 1019.721489
CNY 7.717785
CNH 7.702197
COP 4719.155418
CRC 554.25724
CUC 1.081876
CUP 28.669723
CVE 110.237116
CZK 25.353879
DJF 192.263144
DKK 7.460507
DOP 65.024454
DZD 144.297528
EGP 52.717527
ERN 16.228145
ETB 129.016558
FJD 2.467322
FKP 0.827818
GBP 0.832012
GEL 2.953711
GGP 0.827818
GHS 17.544562
GIP 0.827818
GMD 75.193377
GNF 9311.730682
GTQ 8.345889
GYD 225.882863
HKD 8.407061
HNL 27.235363
HRK 7.453079
HTG 142.285324
HUF 405.477492
IDR 17028.300858
ILS 4.035942
IMP 0.827818
INR 90.973088
IQD 1414.355314
IRR 45552.402923
ISK 148.498191
JEP 0.827818
JMD 170.806005
JOD 0.766941
JPY 165.872743
KES 139.561795
KGS 92.836702
KHR 4388.930395
KMF 492.741184
KPW 973.688463
KRW 1496.656931
KWD 0.331692
KYD 0.899781
KZT 529.261016
LAK 23669.01296
LBP 96736.830569
LKR 317.0598
LRD 207.301396
LSL 19.12304
LTL 3.1945
LVL 0.654416
LYD 5.21173
MAD 10.651106
MDL 19.353015
MGA 4990.82984
MKD 61.599419
MMK 3513.892154
MNT 3676.215837
MOP 8.639815
MRU 42.689202
MUR 49.885388
MVR 16.617965
MWK 1872.161049
MXN 21.700092
MYR 4.753221
MZN 69.142553
NAD 19.12304
NGN 1775.975519
NIO 39.730318
NOK 11.859675
NPR 145.209612
NZD 1.814788
OMR 0.416517
PAB 1.079627
PEN 4.06381
PGK 4.323946
PHP 63.080941
PKR 299.874733
PLN 4.338975
PYG 8594.905376
QAR 3.936404
RON 4.975118
RSD 117.105565
RUB 105.443931
RWF 1468.321804
SAR 4.063125
SBD 9.015862
SCR 15.191686
SDG 650.753943
SEK 11.51203
SGD 1.433492
SHP 0.827818
SLE 24.559198
SLL 22686.402474
SOS 617.041069
SRD 37.138645
STD 22392.65596
SVC 9.446698
SYP 2718.247053
SZL 19.12825
THB 36.545776
TJS 11.498292
TMT 3.786567
TND 3.344254
TOP 2.533864
TRY 37.097237
TTD 7.317149
TWD 34.666025
TZS 2942.70341
UAH 44.65603
UGX 3956.999083
USD 1.081876
UYU 44.928635
UZS 13803.508424
VEF 3919153.881248
VES 45.625543
VND 27406.63241
VUV 128.442565
WST 3.030535
XAF 655.788089
XAG 0.032073
XAU 0.000398
XCD 2.923825
XDR 0.81151
XOF 655.797179
XPF 119.331742
YER 270.820683
ZAR 19.12303
ZMK 9738.24388
ZMW 28.745994
ZWL 348.36374
  • RBGPF

    62.3500

    62.35

    +100%

  • NGG

    -0.8800

    65.12

    -1.35%

  • RYCEF

    0.0400

    7.25

    +0.55%

  • RELX

    -0.2500

    47.91

    -0.52%

  • CMSC

    -0.1600

    24.57

    -0.65%

  • BTI

    -0.4500

    34.46

    -1.31%

  • RIO

    0.4000

    66.58

    +0.6%

  • GSK

    0.2900

    38.17

    +0.76%

  • AZN

    -0.7900

    75.22

    -1.05%

  • BP

    -1.6900

    29.36

    -5.76%

  • SCS

    -0.3800

    12.21

    -3.11%

  • VOD

    -0.2600

    9.28

    -2.8%

  • CMSD

    -0.0400

    24.84

    -0.16%

  • BCC

    -6.9800

    131.64

    -5.3%

  • BCE

    -0.2300

    32.46

    -0.71%

  • JRI

    -0.0900

    12.98

    -0.69%

The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential election
The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential election

The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential election

France's top constitutional authority published Monday the list of the 12 candidates registered to stand in the presidential election that begins on April 10.

Text size:

All the main candidates managed to muster the 500 endorsements from elected French officials needed to confirm registration by the Constitutional Council.

Polls show that President Emmanuel Macron, elected in 2017, is the overwhelming favourite to come out on top in the second round run-off on April 24, after declaring his candidacy last week.

FAR RIGHT

- Marine Le Pen -

Veteran far-right leader Le Pen is making her third attempt for the presidency after reaching the second round in 2017, where she was trounced by Macron.

Macron appears to have highlighted Le Pen as his main rival, shifting his own policies to the right in a bid to woo voters from her National Rally party, which has fared badly in recent local elections -- prompting some in the party to question her leadership.

- Eric Zemmour -

The journalist, TV pundit and now upstart candidate has won a significant following for his diatribes against immigration and the Muslim headscarf, drawing away droves of Le Pen supporters in the process.

He enjoyed an early surge in the polls with calls to restore France's lost grandeur, and while his numbers have softened he remains just behind Le Pen.

- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan -

Dupont-Aignan, the eurosceptic head of the Rise Up France party, is the mayor of a Paris suburb who has taken quixotic tilts at the presidency since 2007, but scored in the low single-digits in his two previous runs.

He says his party is the true heir of General Charles de Gaulle and his push for French sovereignty, and has promised to crack down on migration and give "a kick in the butt to the lazy, slackers and free riders" who take advantage of France's social security system.

RIGHT

- Valerie Pecresse -

The head of the Ile-de-France region that includes Paris surprised many by winning the primary for the conservative Republicains party, becoming its first female candidate in a presidential election.

Pecresse, a budget minister under former president Nicolas Sarkozy, has accused Macron of fiscal profligacy and being soft on crime, but her campaign has failed to gain traction despite the Republicains' strong presence in local districts across France.

CENTRE

- Emmanuel Macron -

The former investment banker and economy minister under Socialist president Francois Hollande swept to power five years ago with a centrist platform and pledges to reform France's economy and spur growth.

He has largely remained popular while presenting himself as the dynamic leader of a "start-up nation" reasserting itself on the European and global stage.

Yet Macron's policies generated resentment among many who accused him of favouring the rich, and a fuel tax hike sparked the fiery "yellow vest" protests of 2018 and 2019 that forced him to make a series of tax and wage concessions.

LEFT

- Anne Hidalgo -

The Socialist Party has been floundering since Hollande abandoned any attempt to seek a second term in 2017, after becoming one of the most unpopular presidents in recent history.

Hidalgo, who easily won re-election as Paris's mayor in 2020, has promised a more inclusive form of governing for the nation along with across-the-board pay rises for low-income workers.

But so far she has failed to replicate her popularity at the national level, with polls showing she might not even score five percent in the first round -- the threshold needed to have her campaign spending reimbursed under French law.

- Yannick Jadot -

Former Greenpeace campaigner Jadot is hoping to transform the dazzling success the Greens enjoyed in local elections two years ago, saying the French are ready to embrace an environmental revolution.

He is pushing what he calls pragmatic policies to combat climate change instead of the more radical ruptures sought by some in his party, including an end to France's reliance on nuclear power.

FAR LEFT

- Jean-Luc Melenchon -

The pugnacious leader of the France Unbowed party declared his candidacy months ago and currently leads among left-wing candidates in opinion polls, at around 12 percent of intentions to vote.

A political veteran famous for his tirades against globalisation and the "elites," Melenchon enjoys a fervent base of supporters who say traditional Socialists have lost touch with voters outside large cities.

But as France's political landscape has shifted to the right, Melenchon will probably struggle to match his success in 2017, when he obtained almost 20 percent of the vote in the first round.

- Fabien Roussel -

The charismatic leader of France's Communist Party has seen his poll numbers mount in recent weeks, though still far from the force it was in previous decades.

Roussel has promised to increase taxes on companies and the highest earners to pay for pay rises for teachers, nurses and other low-pay professions, and the nationalisations of big banks and energy giants.

- Philippe Poutou -

A Ford factory worker laid off when the site was shut down in 2019, Poutou is standing for the New Anti-Capitalist Party with a campaign promising to disarm the police and rebuild France's public administration after years of budget restrictions.

- Nathalie Arthaud -

A Trotskyist economy teacher standing for the Workers' Struggle party, Arthaud is seeking the presidency for the third time.

She wants to raise the minimum wage to 2,000 euros ($2,180), outlaw job cuts by companies and lower the retirement age to 60 from 62.

- Jean Lassalle -

An MP from the southwest Bearn region, Lassalle is a former shepherd known for going on a hunger strike to prevent a factory closure.

His Resist party wants to reduce the European Commission's role in French affairs, and encourage more young people to revive the countryside as a "Grand National Cause".

(Y.Yildiz--BBZ)