On this occasion, the Égalité Europe Ecologie party, which describes itself as close to the “presidential majority”, is running three candidates for these constituencies: Juliette de Causans for the 8th constituency (Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Turkey, Palestinian Territories, Vatican); Tatiana Boteva Malo for the 2nd constituency (Latin America and Caribbean) and Samira Herbal for the 9th constituency (Maghreb and West Africa). On the website for this election, the party shows the posters and statements of the smiling candidates.
Jean-Christophe Ménard, a lawyer specialising in electoral law, confirmed in an interview with Checknews that “neither electoral law nor case law prohibit candidates from using a photo of their face that has been retouched or Photoshopped. Such a ban would not only interfere with the candidates’ freedom of expression, but would also be difficult to implement, as it would mean determining the degree of retouching at which a photo no longer corresponds to reality and becomes misleading towards voters. […] Libération