Petition Calls for Barack Obama to Run as French President

Obama 17 posters are seen displayed on Feb. 23, 2017 in Paris, France 

In France, a petition is calling to add former US President, Barack Obama as one the candidates in the upcoming French election.

The Obama 17 campaign, which was launched earlier this week, is attempting to collect 1 million signatures by March 15 in order to persuade Obama to stand in the May election. 

Barack Obama has the best resume in the world for the job," the site explains. "Because at a time when France is about to vote massively for the extreme right, we can still give a lesson of democracy to the planet by electing a French President, a foreigner."

NBC Reports that posters calling for Obama 2017 have been plastered around Paris and the petition has received about 27,000 signatures so far. One of the site's founders told NBC that he thought up the idea for the campaign with four friends "after a drink."

The 5 people vying for the French presidency in 2017 include: Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, Benôit Hamon, Jean-Luc Melenchon, François Fillon