Launch of 2022 vote comes amid row over Éric Zemmour supporters chanting 'Macron assassin' at rally The French 2022 presidential election campaign has officially started, with new rules intended to give all 12 candidates a fair chance to be heard by voters. The launch came as a row broke out over extreme rightwing supporters of Éric Zemmour shouting "Macron assassin" at a rally he claimed was attended by 100,000 people in Paris on Sunday.