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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse mocked after dog listed as party member

AP

French right-wing presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse has been mocked after a dog was reportedly listed as a party member.

According to an investigation by the French newspaper Libération, the dog allegedly named Douglas, which lives in Nice on the Côte d’Azur, was signed up to vote in the primary race in which Ms Pécresse was chosen as the candidate for Les Républicains in the upcoming elections.

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