Cheminade had "the objective disposition of resources that allowed them to print 25,000 copies of [the] leaflet". the judgement was confirmed in appeal in 2006. In the 2004 European election, Cheminade headed list called Nouvelle solidarité in Île-de-France, which obtained 0.11% of the votes. In 2004, during the restructuring of the Argentinian debt, which laRouche compared to ""transform[ing] Argentina into another Auschwitz", Cheminade organized protests in Paris, such as the distribution of leaflets claiming "that what happens in Argentina, will happen tomorrow in France, Germany, and all of Europe, and the United States, unless we take the road LaRouche has indicated, which is the New Bretton Woods" or organizing a demonstration in front of the headquarters of Lazard, the bank advising the Argentinian government. Cheminade opposed the European constitution proposed in the 2005 referendum, claiming it was a policy leading to fascism and to war. In November 2005, Cheminade was a panelist at the conference of Axis for Peace organized by the Voltaire network in Belgium. In the 2007 French presidential race, he endorsed Ségolène Royal. 2012: Second presidential candidacy On 31 January 2012 Cheminade announced that he had obtained the necessary 500 endorsements from elected officials that are required for ballot status in the presidential election. Cheminade ran on a platform of: separation of commercial banking from investment banking, to end the "casino economy." a system of public credit for major development projects. investment in "human creativity." a Eurasian/Transpacific alliance against the "world of finance." the removal of heads of state who "lead us blindly into chaos and war." He obtained 89,000 votes (0.25% of the votes) nationwide. 2017: Third presidential candidacy In the first round of voting for the 2017 French presidential election, Cheminade was in last place of 11 candidates, receiving 65,598 votes, or 0.18% of votes cast. References External links Transcript of an interview with Cheminade Cheminade for the 2017 presidential elections (in French) Solidarity and Progress (in French) 1941 births Living people People from Buenos Aires 21st-century French politicians HEC Paris alumni École nationale d'administration alumni LaRouche movement Candidates in the 1995 French presidential election Candidates in the 2012 French presidential election Candidates in the 2017 French presidential election