YELLOW VESTS OR A LIST TO THE EUROPEAN

A lot of people were calling for it but not really believing it.

A first list "yellow vests" led by Ingrid Levavasseur was announced in a statement Wednesday, February 23. entitled

"Citizens 'Initiative Rally" (RIC) - taking the acronym for the citizens' initiative referendum, one of the first demands of the "yellow vests" - the list is composed of ten names, in order to constitute a complete list 79 candidates by mid-February, the statement said.

To be included in the next European elections, the "Citizens' Initiative Rally" list must obtain the necessary funds from a minimum of € 700,000 to € 800,000. A call for donations has been launched.

Various profiles

If the call for applications on the list is open "to all citizens" as assured by campaign director Hayk Shahinyan, another known figure of the movement, the fact remains that it is reserved for "people who have made this mobilization since the beginning on the roundabouts, not technocrats, "adds the leader. Some personalities would have been refused on the list.

The first known name on this list is none other than Ingrid Levavasseur, a 31-year-old nursing aide in the Eure, who recently gave up on becoming a columnist for "yellow vests" on BFM TV, who received threats.

The top ten candidates are between 29 and 53 years old, and various professions (driver, lawyer, head of small business, housewife, civil servant).

For a third place in the European

According to an Elabe poll released on Wednesday, a list of "yellow vests" would be in third place, with 13% of the vote, behind La République en Marche and the National Rally, but ahead of Republicans and France Insoumise.

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Garett Skyport for DayNewsWorld