Behind Elyze is a duo of young graduates made up of François Mari, 19, in charge of the technical structure of the application, and Grégoire Cazcarra, 22, who took care of identifying political content.Both are also supported by the instigators of the young independent media the pencil, Wallerant Moulé-Bertaux and Gaspard Guermomprez, also youtubeur with his channel Gaspard G.

"Elyze was created in response to one of our college friends, Elise, who had turned her back on politics, not out of disinterest, but tired that the political class is not concerned with young people," specifies Gaspard Guemomprez to France 3. We wanted to create an educational and fun tool to encourage young people to be interested in the presidential election, and bring this electorate back to the voting booth.»»

For his part, Grégoire Cazcarra, who will publish his second book on February 23 (in the polls! How to convince your loved ones to go and vote, Flammarion editions), assures that, "during the coming months, [his] fight will be to prove that'We do not campaign for any candidate, but for young people to go to the polls ”.But the young entrepreneur to anticipate immediately: "We know that we are going to be exposed to criticism, that we will question our independence.»»

What reproaches are sent to Elyze?

Unsurprisingly, Elyze has been the subject of several criticisms since its launch.Some criticize him for his method of presenting candidates and proposals, the latter being not only anonymized but also all put on an equal footing, without a particular hierarchy or ideological context.In the Liberation columns, Pauline Rapilly-Ferniot, elected EELV de Boulogne-Billancourt, criticizes in particular for the application her inability to "reflect the global vision of a presidential project": "If I see the proposal" favor French companies”, I can validate.But if the proposal is linked to Eric Zemmour or Yannick Jadot, it does not at all meaning ... "