Electoral Panorama / Panorama Electoral

The Constitutional Council of France has announced today the official list of candidates for the April 22, 2007 presidential election, which stands as follows:

- Monsieur Olivier BESANCENOT ;

- Madame Marie-George BUFFET ;

- Monsieur Gérard SCHIVARDI ;

- Monsieur François BAYROU ;

- Monsieur José BOVÉ ;

- Madame Dominique VOYNET ;

- Monsieur Philippe de VILLIERS ;

- Madame Ségolène ROYAL ;

- Monsieur Frédéric NIHOUS ;

- Monsieur Jean-Marie LE PEN ;

- Madame Arlette LAGUILLER ;

- Monsieur Nicolas SARKOZY.

The full text of the Council's decision is available in French here.

French newsdailies Le Figaro, Le Monde and Libération have profiles of the twelve presidential candidates.