Meet the Candidates

Next Sunday is the first round of the French presidential elections and so the official campaigning has begun. Below is a table of all 12 candidates and a short 2 minute campaign video of each which are shown at certain times on national TV. Enjoy!

François Bayrou Union for French Democracy (UDF)	Olivier Besancenot Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	José Bové Alter-globalization activist (no party)
Marie-Georges Buffet French Communist Party (PCF)	Arlette Laguiller Communist Union (Lutte Ouvrière)	Jean-Marie Le Pen National Front (FN)
Frédéric Nihous (Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition Party)	Ségolène Royal Socialist Party (PS)	Nicolas Sarkozy Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)
Gérard Schivardi Workers' Party (Parti Travailleurs)	Philippe de Villiers Movement for France (MPF)	Dominique Voynet The Green Party (Verts)