has officially called for the signatures to be provided to Le Pen (i.e. there will be no retorsions against rightwing mayors that give their signature to Le Pen). He is worried that, should Le Pen not get his 500 signatures, he will call explicitly to vote against Sarkozy, blaming him directly for his absence on the ballot - which would bring more voices to everybody but Sarkozy.

I expect that it would be a pretty big crisis if Le Pen were not on the ballot.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes