French far-right candidates Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour passed the threshold of 500 signatures on Tuesday, a procedural step that allows them to officially run in April's presidential election, reports Euronews.
Le Pen had suspended her field campaign to convince mayors and politicians to sponsor her candidacy, as politicians across the spectrum called on elected officials to sponsor the main candidates.
By Tuesday, Eric Zemmour had received 620 sponsorships and Marine Le Pen had 503, according to the list published by France's Constitutional Council.
Candidate Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, who had previously supported Le Pen in 2017, also gathered the required number of political signatures to run for president.
There are now eleven candidates who can officially run in the first round of the presidential election on 10 April. The cut-off date for the sponsorships is 4 March at 6:00 pm.