About Philippe Poutou
Philippe Poutou ([filip putu]; born 14 March 1967) is a French far-left politician, bookseller, former trade unionist and car factory worker who has been municipal councillor of Bordeaux and metropolitan councillor of Bordeaux Métropole since 2020. A member of the New Anticapitalist Party, he was a candidate in the presidential elections of 2012, 2017 and 2022, in which he respectively received 1.15%, 1.09% and 0.76% of the vote. Poutou attacked François Fillon and Marine Le Pen, the first of which warned he could sue for the corruption claims that were made. In the first round of the 2022 presidential election, Poutou received 268,904 votes, 0.76% of the total vote. In the election, he received 1.09% of the vote and placed eighth out of eleven, as Mélenchon, the best-placed left-wing candidate in fourth place, had gathered over 3 million additional votes compared to 2012.
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