The programmes, theme by theme
What ten candidates propose, based on their statements and the programmes known as of 14 October 2026. Full 2027 platforms will be published as the campaign unfolds.
Pensions
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
Repeal the 2023 reform and return to 62, with retirement possible at 60 for those who started work before 20.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
Repeal the 2023 reform and restore retirement at 60 after 40 years of contributions.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Gradually raise the legal retirement age to 65 and the contribution period to 45 years, with a third of employees exempted.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
Repeal the 2023 reform and give a council run mainly by the social partners the task of steering pensions.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
Scrap the legal retirement age in favour of the contribution period alone, with penalties and bonuses, and add a funded component.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
Announces a new pension reform, with no details published so far.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
Legal retirement age of 64 (2022 programme).
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
Introduce a funded component into the pension system.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
Undo the 2023 reform: back to 62, with early retirement for arduous jobs.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
Retirement at 60 on a full pension and a 32-hour week with no loss of pay.
Work and purchasing power
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
Cut VAT on energy from 20 to 5.5% and exempt pay rises granted by companies from social contributions.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
A minimum wage of €1,600 net, wages indexed to inflation, a price freeze on basic necessities.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Exempt two hours of overtime a week from contributions (about €1,000 more a year on the minimum wage); cap unemployment benefits at 12 months for under-50s.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
Rebalance taxation, which weighs more on work than on capital and inheritance, so that work pays more.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
Remove tax on overtime.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
Cut regulations for businesses; build a million extra homes in five years by scrapping the “zero net land take” target.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
No specific proposal known so far.
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
No specific proposal known so far.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
A minimum wage of €1,600 net.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
A minimum wage of €1,600 net and a general pay rise; VAT on energy cut to 5.5%.
Taxes and spending
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
Replace the tax on real-estate wealth with a tax on financial wealth.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
Restore a strengthened wealth tax, move to 14 income-tax brackets and cap inheritances.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Replace only one civil servant in three who retire; a single family allowance of €350 a month from the first child; some twenty ordinances from July 2027.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
The Zucman tax: a 2% minimum tax on fortunes above €100 million; tax very large inheritances.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
No new wealth tax; a targeted tax cut for the middle classes; a balanced-budget rule written into the Constitution.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
No specific proposal known so far.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
Cut production taxes and reject any wealth tax (2022 programme).
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
Bring public spending down to about 50% of GDP in ten years; cut production taxes (scrapping the C3S and CVAE) and corporate tax from 25 to 20%.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
A “climate wealth tax” on the most polluting large fortunes.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
No specific proposal known so far.
Immigration
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
A referendum on immigration, an end to birthright citizenship and family reunification, and national preference for jobs, housing and benefits.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
Regularise undocumented workers and repeal the 2024 immigration law.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Halve legal immigration (well under 200,000 residence permits a year); a European list of safe countries whose nationals could no longer claim asylum.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
Legal routes for labour immigration, asylum claims processed within six months, repeal of the 2024 immigration law.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
Labour-immigration quotas voted each year by Parliament, a Canadian-style points system, tighter family reunification.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
A referendum on immigration, prepared by a revision of the Constitution.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
“Zero immigration” and “remigration”: an end to birthright citizenship and family reunification, very limited asylum, expulsion of foreign offenders and jobless foreigners.
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
Cut residence permits issued eightfold, revisit the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement, end automatic birthright citizenship, allow administrative detention of up to 24 months.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
No specific proposal known so far.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
Regulated reception and republican integration.
Europe and defence
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
A “Europe of nations”; leave NATO's integrated command while staying in the Alliance; limited support for Ukraine.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
Non-alignment and leaving NATO's integrated command; disobey European treaties that would block the programme.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
Reaffirmed support for Ukraine.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
Autonomous European defence funded by €500 billion of joint borrowing; more military aid to Ukraine; a more federal Europe.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
No specific proposal known so far.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
No specific proposal known so far.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
Leave NATO's integrated command (2022 programme).
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
Negotiate a treaty to “democratise” Europe, letting a member state call a referendum when blocked on a question of sovereignty.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
Strengthen the European Green Deal, extend the carbon border tax, leave free-trade deals that encourage environmental dumping.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
Leave NATO, a policy of peace and disarmament, strict control of arms sales.
Energy and climate
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
A massive relaunch of nuclear power; a moratorium on wind and solar, and gradual dismantling of wind turbines.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
Gradual exit from nuclear power and 100% renewable energy, through ecological planning.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
A single climate-adaptation fund of €2 billion a year.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
Consolidate the nuclear fleet and build new reactors, with electricity prices based on French production costs.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
No specific proposal known so far.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
No specific proposal known so far.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
Relaunch nuclear power and stop wind power (2022 programme).
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
An ecology “of freedom”: the State sets environmental goals without dictating how to reach them.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
Gradual exit from nuclear power and 100% renewables, with an investment plan of about €100 billion a year.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
Public nuclear power: renationalise EDF and Engie, build at least six EPR reactors, cut electricity prices by up to 30%.
Institutions and security
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Marine Le PenNational Rally (RN)
Proportional representation for legislative elections and a citizens' initiative referendum from 500,000 signatures.
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Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed (LFI)
A Sixth Republic drafted by a constituent assembly and put to a referendum; a citizens' initiative referendum.
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Édouard PhilippeHorizons
No specific proposal known so far.
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Raphaël GlucksmannPlace Publique and Socialist Party
No specific proposal known so far.
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Gabriel AttalRenaissance
No specific proposal known so far.
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Bruno RetailleauThe Republicans (LR)
A constitutional revision put to a referendum from autumn 2027, with a “Charter of republican order”; a state of emergency in neighbourhoods hit by drug trafficking.
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Éric ZemmourReconquête
Criminal majority at 16 and mandatory minimum sentences.
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David LisnardNouvelle Énergie
No specific proposal known so far.
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Marine TondelierThe Ecologists
No specific proposal known so far.
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Fabien RousselFrench Communist Party (PCF)
No specific proposal known so far.
And you: who are you closest to?
About twenty statements drawn from these proposals, five levels of answer, and a result with a podium and a political compass.
Sources
- Marine Le Pen: France-Vote, Marine Le Pen 2027 profile ; Votons 2027, her programme by theme
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: The “L'Avenir en commun” programme (January 2025 edition), summarised by France-Vote
- Édouard Philippe: Euronews, 9 October 2026: his measures presented on France 2 ; Journal du Net, main measures
- Raphaël Glucksmann: France-Vote, Raphaël Glucksmann 2027 profile ; His Socialist primary proposals, listed by voter2027.fr
- Gabriel Attal: Fondation iFRAP comparison tool ; France-Vote, Gabriel Attal 2027 profile
- Bruno Retailleau: Public Sénat: his constitutional reform ; Europe 1: the outline of his programme ; Journal de l'Agence: his housing proposals
- Éric Zemmour: France-Vote, Éric Zemmour 2027 profile (the 2022 programme remains Reconquête's basis)
- David Lisnard: Politograph, Nouvelle Énergie's programme ; Votons 2027, his programme by theme ; JDD: right-wing candidates and ecology
- Marine Tondelier: MonVote2027, Marine Tondelier profile ; Votons 2027, her programme by theme
- Fabien Roussel: France-Vote, Fabien Roussel's 2027 programme ; Votons 2027, his programme by theme
Sources are in French.