Dominique de Villepin : présidentielle 2027

La France humaniste · Former Prime Minister (2005-2007)

Statut : Tipped as a candidate, not yet declared. On 22 October 2026 on BFMTV, he said he had passed the 300-signature mark among elected officials (500 required) and that he would announce his decision in the coming weeks.

Former foreign minister, then Prime Minister under Jacques Chirac. In 2025 he founded the movement La France humaniste.

Average first-round voting intention: 1,5 %.

Sondage présidentielle 2027 : toutes les intentions de vote pour Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin: ten key proposals

  1. Gradually abolish the 400 tax and social breaks (175 billion euros a year) and reduce taxation to nine major taxes (Fiscalité)
  2. Bring the public deficit below 3% of GDP by 2031 through a binding multi-year budget (Dette et finances publiques)
  3. Transfer more than 200 billion euros of contributions to a single-rate CSG, for 6% more in real wages (Pouvoir d'achat)
  4. Merge environmental taxes into a single tax based on a uniform carbon price, with a climate dividend (Écologie)
  5. Pensions: social conference, citizens' convention, then a referendum within eighteen months if necessary (Retraites)
  6. Hold referendums several times a year if instability persists and introduce a constructive motion of no confidence (Institutions)
  7. Create a five-state European Security Council and a European defence innovation agency ($4 billion a year) (Europe et défense)
  8. Halve the use of plant protection products by 2030 and aim for 500,000 farms by 2035 (Agriculture)
  9. Raise the salaries of all school staff by at least 10% (Éducation)
  10. Suspend enlargement of the Schengen area and strengthen national border controls (Immigration)

Positions for the 2027 election, issue by issue

Energy

Dominique de Villepin is betting on new nuclear power, offshore wind and electricity priced at its actual cost.

  • Build six EPR2 reactors and industrialize offshore wind, with massive electrification of uses.
  • Electricity contracts at actual production cost and an end to quasi-taxes: bills down 15%.
  • Merge environmental taxes into a single carbon price, with revenue returned as a climate dividend.
  • Create a European energy sovereignty agency bringing together regulators and grid operators.

Ecology and environment

Dominique de Villepin proposes a carbon tax offset by a climate dividend paid back to households.

  • A carbon tax to reduce dependence on fossil fuels (June 2026).
  • A carbon dividend funding electric cars, insulation and heat pumps (June 2026).
  • A forest transformation plan with diversification of tree species (July 2026).
  • A multi-year contract to revive the organic sector (February 2026).

Immigration

On 28 October 2026, he criticised Édouard Philippe's formula on the failure of integration on X.

  • Criticises Édouard Philippe's analysis of integration and sets it against a rejection of essentialism and identitarianism (28 October 2026, according to his post on X).
  • Suspend the enlargement of the Schengen Area and strengthen national border controls.
  • Coordinate national control resources according to a “club logic” among European states.
  • Have Europe meet the demand for “migration sovereignty” beyond the Pact on Migration and Asylum.
  • Settle removals to Algeria through an agreement negotiated with Algiers (2024).

Purchasing power

Dominique de Villepin wants to shift contributions to the CSG to raise net wages.

  • Transfer about 200 billion euros of contributions to a universal CSG: +100 euros net at the SMIC.
  • Cut electricity bills by 15% through contracts priced at the real cost of production.
  • One million electric cars on social leasing and one million heat pumps.
  • Build 500,000 homes a year and create a universal rental guarantee.

Employment and work

Dominique de Villepin wants to make aid to companies conditional and strengthen the role of employees.

  • Make exemptions from contributions conditional on commitments on employment, training and wages (December 2025).
  • Make youth integration the priority of the public employment service (March 2026).
  • Strengthen employee shareholding and participation in strategic decisions (June 2026).

Critical metals and industry

Dominique de Villepin aims for industry to reach 14% of value added; critical metals fall under partnerships.

  • Raise industry's share from 10% to 14% of value added.
  • Raise R&D to 3% of GDP and reserve the research tax credit for France.
  • Finance decarbonisation and digital through a national sovereignty fund funded by the CSG.
  • Include critical raw materials in partnerships with the Maghreb, Africa, Canada and Brazil.

Innovation and digital

Dominique de Villepin wants to guarantee human responsibility in the face of AI and protect the attention of minors.

  • Make the right to a human decision a fundamental right in the face of AI.
  • Enshrine a Declaration of Cognitive Rights in the Constitution.
  • Algorithmic transparency law limiting infinite scrolling for minors.
  • Mobilise hundreds of billions of euros in computing capacity through a European consortium.

Pensions

Dominique de Villepin does not set a legal retirement age and proposes a method: negotiation, then a referendum.

  • Social conference, citizens' convention, then a referendum within eighteen months if necessary.
  • Study a points-based pension system to break the deadlock.
  • Create mandatory retirement savings within the sovereign fund, with 5% interest guaranteed by the State.
  • Treat hardship and fragmented careers as starting points for renegotiation.

Health

Dominique de Villepin proposes a health shield and targeted measures against medical deserts.

  • Create a health shield capping households' annual out-of-pocket costs according to their income.
  • Make medical students' grants conditional on practising in areas in crisis.
  • Deploy mobile health-environment teams in 150 priority areas from 2027.
  • Grant prescribing rights to nurses and a private not-for-profit status to hospitals.

Security and justice

Dominique de Villepin has no detailed security programme; he emphasises counter-terrorism and the rule of law.

  • Strengthen the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office and the reform of the DGSI (2025).
  • Coordinate justice, police and financial services to track terrorist money flows.
  • Strengthen training for police officers, gendarmes, magistrates and prison staff.
  • Allow judges to act quickly against radical content online.

Education and youth

Dominique de Villepin wants to make the school budget untouchable and revalue all staff.

  • Raise salaries of all school staff by at least 10%.
  • Make the Éducation nationale budget untouchable and increase spending per pupil by 20% over ten years.
  • Annual national assessments in French, mathematics and history, from primary school to collège.
  • Create a civic semester from age 15, linked to the citizen and operational reserves.

Gender equality

Dominique de Villepin has not published a measure on gender equality; he proposes Assises de la Famille.

  • No detailed position published at this stage.

Debt and public finances

Dominique de Villepin aims for a deficit below 3% by 2031, funded mainly by ending tax breaks.

  • Bring the deficit below 3% of GDP by 2031 through a binding multi-year budget.
  • Phase out the 400 tax and social breaks, worth around 175 billion euros a year, in stages.
  • Require a three-fifths majority to create a tax or a tax break.
  • Enshrine balanced social accounts over five years in the Constitution or an organic law.

Europe

Dominique de Villepin wants a pause in enlargement and a more sovereign Europe.

  • Pause enlargement; for Ukraine, phased accession or enhanced association (March 2026).
  • Extend qualified majority voting and reduce unanimity in the Council.
  • Suspend the extension of the Schengen area and strengthen national border controls.
  • Subject trade agreements to an impact assessment on sovereignty.

Defence

Dominique de Villepin wants a European defence industrial base and an autonomous European pillar.

  • European defence innovation agency endowed with about $4 billion a year.
  • European public defence procurement steered by the Commission, with common export rules (March 2026).
  • Open a discussion with partners on a European nuclear doctrine, without touching French principles.
  • Strengthen the European pillar so it can stand without NATO.

International

Dominique de Villepin prône une diplomatie de médiation, de l'Ukraine au Proche-Orient.

  • Paix en Ukraine négociée avec la participation active de l'UE et de Kiev (avril 2025).
  • Cessez-le-feu à Gaza, aide à Israël conditionnée au droit humanitaire (juillet 2025).
  • A salué la reconnaissance de la Palestine, “historique, attendue et courageuse” (2025).
  • Nouvelle enceinte internationale avec les pays du Sud, partenariats avec l'Afrique et le Maghreb.

Latest statements

  • 2026-10-29, Response to Gabriel Attal's proposal of a “primary of democrats,” according to Le JSL : « He declines the invitation to take part in the primary proposed by Gabriel Attal. »
  • 2026-10-28, Reaction to Édouard Philippe's remarks on “the failure of integration”, reported by Le Monde : « He accuses Édouard Philippe of giving in to “the dictatorship of the obvious”. »
  • 2026-10-22, BFMTV, on his decision about a candidacy : « “In the coming weeks I will have to make known the decision that is mine based on all these factors.” »
  • 2026-10-22, BFMTV, progress update on elected officials' endorsements : « He says he has “passed the 300-signature mark” among elected officials. »
  • 2026-08-30, BFMTV, BFM Politique : « “I want to be a candidate, I am fighting to be a candidate.” »

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Updated: 2026-10-31T08:51+01:00