Former US President, Obama to run French 2017 Presidency

This is serious matter!..A petition aiming to persuade Barack Obama to run for the French presidency in 2017 has been signed by more than 40,000 people.
A website was set up a week ago to gather signatures as part of a campaign that has now been widely publicised.

It comes after two of the leading candidates in this year’s election race have been hit by a series of scandals.

The website, called Obama2017.fr, said:

“The French are ready to make radical choices. That is good because we have a radical idea to propose to them.

“Faced with the announced failure of the next presidential election, we think it is time to move to the 6th Republic to get France out of its lethargy.

“To launch this 6th Republic, we wish to strike a blow by electing a foreign President at the head of our beautiful country.

“Barack Obama has completed his second term as President of the United States on January 21, why not hire him as President for France?”

Posters have been put up in Paris promoting the campaign and the organisers have been interviewed on several national TV stations.

Since then several US and other European stations have featured the people behind the stunt.

The website says it aims to collect one million signatures by 15 March in order to persuade the former US president to stand.

It may struggle however, reports Sky News.