Today the constitutional council annouced the official candidates for the 2007 presidential elections in France: 12 in total (down from 16 in 2002)
In alphabetical order:
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François Bayrou Union pour la Démocratie Française (Centrists, rather Right)
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Olivier Besancenot Ligue Communiste Révollutionnaire (Marxist, rather Trotskyist)
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José Bové (Syndicalist, Alterglobalization)
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Marie-George Buffet Parti Communiste Français (Communists)
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Frédéric Nihous Chaisse Pêche Nature et Tradition (Right, preserving the traditional rural values)
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Jean-Marie Le Pen Front National (Far Right, Nationalist)
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Arlette Laguiller Lutte Ouvrière (Communist, Trotskyist)
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Ségolène Royal Parti Socialiste (Social democratic)
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Gérard Schivardi Parti des Travailleurs (Trotskyist)
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Nicolas Sarkozy Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Mainstream Right)
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Philippe de Villiers Mouvement Pour la France (Far Right, Nationalist)
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Dominique Voynet Les Verts (Ecologists)
Which gives us:
- 5 on the right, 7 on the left
- 4 Women (all of whom are on Left)
RDV April 22nd for the first round.