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If they met in the run-off

Marine Tondelier 47.8% 52.2% Fabien Roussel

Model projection based on the latest first-round polls and on vote transfers calibrated on run-off polls. See the method.

Theme	Marine Tondelier	Fabien Roussel
Pensions	Undo the 2023 reform: back to 62, with early retirement for arduous jobs.	Retirement at 60 on a full pension and a 32-hour week with no loss of pay.
Work and purchasing power	A minimum wage of €1,600 net.	A minimum wage of €1,600 net and a general pay rise; VAT on energy cut to 5.5%.
Taxes and spending	A “climate wealth tax” on the most polluting large fortunes.	No specific proposal known.
Immigration	No specific proposal known.	Regulated reception and republican integration.
Europe and defence	Strengthen the European Green Deal, extend the carbon border tax, leave free-trade deals that encourage environmental dumping.	Leave NATO, a policy of peace and disarmament, strict control of arms sales.
Energy and climate	Gradual exit from nuclear power and 100% renewables, with an investment plan of about €100 billion a year.	Public nuclear power: renationalise EDF and Engie, build at least six EPR reactors, cut electricity prices by up to 30%.

Marine TondelierFabien Roussel