Mélenchon participates in French elections

paris - The French left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon can participate in the presidential elections in his country. The MEP had Saturday managed to do within the required five hundred declarations of support from elected officials.

' We have our five hundred sponsors, '' exulted Mélenchon on Twitter. The politician will include support of the French Communist Party. He had until March 17 the time to come up with the necessary explanations. The counter was Friday still 432 endorsements from mayors and parliamentarians.

Polls also show that the leftist candidate has little chance after the polls in April to be allowed to take over from President Francois Hollande. Mélenchon can count according to a published Saturday voter survey on more than 11 percent of the vote.