--- description: The specter of President Donald Trump is being used to remind French voters to register ahead of the 2019 polls for the European Parliament title: French Town Features Trump in Its Voter Registration Posters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3fea26af3a345ce/69893fcefb4eac7e6089848a/gettyimages-1064063772.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [France](/tag/france/) ## France Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # French Posters Feature President Trump's Likeness to Encourage Voter Registration by [Laignee Barron](/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2018 9:42 AM CUT  A cyclist rides by a poster depicting the European Union's flag within a blue star covering the face of President Donald Trump, and text reading, "This time, I will register and I will vote," on Nov. 21, 2018, in Strasbourg, France. A cyclist rides by a poster depicting the European Union's flag within a blue star covering the face of President Donald Trump, and text reading, "This time, I will register and I will vote," on Nov. 21, 2018, in Strasbourg, France.Sebastien Bozon—AFP/Getty Images by [Laignee Barron](/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2018 9:42 AM CUT The [specter of President Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/vote-trump-appears-french-election-posters-165853037.html "undefined") is being used to spur the French electorate into registering to vote ahead of polls for the European Parliament next year. Trump’s face, overlaid with a star-shaped yellow and blue European Union flag, appeared on posters throughout the northeastern city of Strasbourg on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. “This time, I will register and I will vote!” the placards say. The head of communications for Strasbourg, Jean-Francois Lanneluc, defended using the likeness of America’s 45th president to encourage voter registration. “When you launch a campaign you want it to be noticed, there has to be an element of surprise. Here, you have that and it has not gone unnoticed,” he told AFP. With the EU’s May 2019 election veering toward a match-up of populists against moderates, Lanneluc said Strasbourg’s provocative “get out the vote” twist is catching the eye of other French towns. Several, he said, have asked to use the image. “Europe remains a sort of model against the temptation of isolationism, which Trump embodies,” he said. The [last European Parliament elections](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/election-results-2014.html "undefined") in 2014 saw historically low voter turnout, averaging at 42.61% across the bloc, and 42.43% in France. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/"},"headline":"French Posters Feature President Trump's Likeness to Encourage Voter Registration","datePublished":"2018-11-23T09:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:07:05.370Z","description":"\"This time, I will register and I will vote!\" the placards say","url":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/","keywords":["France","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3fea26af3a345ce/69893fcefb4eac7e6089848a/gettyimages-1064063772.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laignee Barron","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laignee-barron/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3fea26af3a345ce/69893fcefb4eac7e6089848a/gettyimages-1064063772.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-EU-POLITICS-VOTE","caption":"FRANCE-EU-POLITICS-VOTE","creditText":"Sebastien Bozon—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/france/","name":"France"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/","name":"French Posters Feature President Trump's Likeness to Encourage Voter Registration"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"French President Emmanuel Macron Calls for a 'European Army' to Defend Against China, Russia and the U.S.","description":"French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for the formation of a “real European army” to protect the continent “with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America.”","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sPUSlcdE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-11-07T01:35:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sPUSlcdE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5462212/france-poster-donald-trump-european-parliament-election-2019/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```