Jean-Luc Mélenchon : présidentielle 2027

La France insoumise · Founder and leader of La France insoumise, holds no elected office (former deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône)

Statut : Declared on 3 May 2026 on TF1's 8 p.m. news

A former senator and junior minister for vocational education in the Jospin government, he left the Socialist Party in 2008 and founded La France insoumise in 2016. He ran in the 2012, 2017 and 2022 presidential elections and narrowly missed the 2022 runoff by about 1.2 points.

Average first-round voting intention: 16,6 %.

Sondage présidentielle 2027 : toutes les intentions de vote pour Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: ten key proposals

  1. Convene a constituent assembly to move to a Sixth Republic, with citizens' initiative referendums and the recall of elected officials (Institutions)
  2. Repeal the 2023 reform: return to 62, then 60 with 40 years of contributions (Retraites)
  3. Raise the minimum wage (SMIC) to 1,600 euros net per month and index wages (LFI 2025 programme) (Pouvoir d'achat)
  4. Launch a 200-billion-euro ecological and social investment plan (LFI 2025 programme) (Écologie)
  5. Phase out nuclear power by abandoning EPR projects (LFI 2025 programme) (Énergie)
  6. Introduce 14 income tax brackets and tax billionaires' wealth at 2% (LFI 2025 programme) (Fiscalité)
  7. Reimburse 100% of care prescribed by Social Security (LFI 2025 programme) (Santé)
  8. Build 200,000 public housing units a year for five years, to ecological standards (LFI 2025 programme) (Logement)
  9. Leave NATO's integrated command (LFI 2025 programme) (Europe et défense)
  10. Make school canteens, transport and textbooks free, and raise compulsory schooling to age 18 (LFI 2025 programme) (Éducation)

Campaign team

  • Manuel Bompard : National coordinator of LFI, deputy
  • Clémence Guetté : Programme head, deputy
  • Hadrien Clouet : Co-head of the programme, deputy
  • Mathilde Panot : Head of the LFI group in the Assembly, presented with Bompard, Guetté and Chikirou as 'the faces of our future government'
  • Sophia Chikirou : Deputy, presented among 'the faces of our future government'

Positions for the 2027 election, issue by issue

Energy

LFI aims for a gradual phase-out of nuclear power and a 100% renewable system under public control.

  • Plan the phase-out of nuclear power and abandon EPR projects (LFI 2025 programme).
  • Aim for 100% renewable energy in the long term.
  • Renationalise EDF and Engie and create a public energy hub.
  • Set regulated tariffs based on production costs.

Ecology and environment

LFI makes ecological planning a central focus, with a “green rule” and public management of water.

  • Raise the target for emission reductions to 65% by 2030.
  • Moratorium on megabasins and public management of water.
  • Ban glyphosate and the most dangerous pesticides, especially near homes.
  • Abolish domestic flights where the train covers the journey in under four hours.

Immigration

Jean-Luc Mélenchon backs regularizing workers and a ten-year residence permit as the benchmark.

  • Regularize all undocumented workers, presented as future contributors.
  • Make the ten-year residence permit the benchmark permit.
  • Repeal the latest asylum and immigration laws and guarantee full birthright citizenship.
  • Refuse to apply European rules on expulsions to third countries.

Purchasing power

Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposes a sharp rise in the SMIC and a price freeze on essential goods.

  • Raise the SMIC to €1,700 net and convene a conference on wages.
  • Cap fuel prices at €1.70 per litre.
  • Freeze prices of essential goods and tax windfall profits.
  • Index wages to inflation.

Employment and work

LFI proposes reducing working time and strengthening the rights of the unemployed.

  • Effectively restore the 35-hour week and create a sixth week of paid holidays.
  • SMIC minimum wage at 1,700 euros net and wages indexed to inflation (October 2026).
  • Repeal the unemployment insurance reforms and pay benefits from the first day.
  • Ban layoffs driven by stock-market considerations and guarantee a job for long-term unemployed people.

Critical metals and industry

LFI advocates public planning of strategic sectors and strict regulation of mining activities.

  • Create public poles in strategic sectors, including energy and medicines.
  • Create a relocation agency tasked with drawing up plans for each strategic sector.
  • Introduce a moratorium on deep-sea mining.
  • Impose a moratorium on plant closures in the automotive sector (October 2026).

Innovation and digital

LFI defends digital technology under public control, protective of freedoms, and AI driven by the state.

  • Guarantee sovereign hosting of data for public services and essential companies.
  • Ban by law any use of facial recognition.
  • Create a French microprocessor foundry and a research institute dedicated to AI.
  • Enshrine the right to encryption in the Constitution and guarantee free minimum internet access.

Pensions

Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to repeal the 2023 reform and eventually return to retirement at 60.

  • Repeal the 2023 reform and first return to 62.
  • Restore retirement at 60 at full rate after 40 contribution years.
  • Raise pensions to the SMIC level for a full career.
  • Raise the old-age contribution by 0.25 point each year and levy contributions on dividends.

Health

LFI wants full reimbursement of care and reinvestment in public hospitals.

  • Introduce “100% Sécu”: full reimbursement of prescribed care.
  • Increase the hospital budget by €3 billion in 2027 (October 2026).
  • Recruit public-sector doctors to tackle medical deserts (October 2026).
  • Gradually reopen public emergency departments, maternity wards and Ehpad nursing homes.

Security and justice

LFI backs community policing, stronger oversight of law enforcement and a more independent justice system.

  • Restore community policing and dismantle the anti-crime squads (BAC).
  • Place the judicial police under the authority of the judiciary.
  • Introduce a receipt for identity checks.
  • Repeal the Cazeneuve law on refusing to comply with orders, and ban tasers and stun grenades.

Education and youth

LFI wants to reduce class sizes and make school canteens and higher education free.

  • 19 pupils per class by the end of the term, meaning 160,000 teachers recruited.
  • Free school canteens, with 100% organic or farm-produced food.
  • Free higher education, from bachelor's to doctoral level.
  • Guarantee a secular public school in every commune.

Gender equality

LFI proposes a comprehensive law against sexism and for parity in all institutions.

  • Impose parity in political, administrative, economic, trade union and associative institutions.
  • Adopt a law against sexism and violence, endowed with €2.6 billion.
  • Enshrine abortion and contraception in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, with free access.
  • Make menstrual products free and abolish prostitution.

Debt and public finances

On 28 October 2026, he presented his public banking hub project and announced he wants to replace the chief executive of Bpifrance.

  • Create a public banking hub and raise public investment from the financial pole from 100 to 200 billion euros a year (October 2026, according to AFP).
  • Replace Bpifrance chief executive Nicolas Dufourcq if elected to the Élysée (October 2026, according to Maddyness).
  • Steer savings towards the hub through non-binding but profitable mechanisms (October 2026, according to Maddyness).
  • Nationalisation of banks is not « on the agenda » (October 2026, according to AFP via Boursorama).
  • Zucman tax: a 2% minimum tax on billionaires' wealth.

Europe

Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to use France's veto and disobey European rules deemed contrary to social objectives.

  • Use France's veto against any new free trade agreement, including Mercosur.
  • Repeal the agreements in force with New Zealand, Canada and Japan.
  • Make France's contribution to the European Union budget conditional (2025 programme).
  • Stop applying European rules that run counter to social and environmental objectives.

Defence

Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to leave NATO and build a public arms-industry hub.

  • Immediately leave NATO's integrated command, then withdraw from the organisation in stages.
  • Create a public arms-industry hub and prioritise French equipment.
  • Maintain the national character of nuclear deterrence.
  • Optional military service within a compulsory citizenship service.

International

Jean-Luc Mélenchon advocates a diplomatic solution in Ukraine and sanctions against the Israeli government.

  • Ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops and a diplomatic framework for Ukraine.
  • Arms embargo and suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
  • Reject a military alliance against China.
  • Official development assistance at 0.7% of GNI, cancellation of “odious” African debts.

Latest statements

  • 2026-10-27, 'Mardis de l'Essec' appearance, questioned about the 2018 search of LFI premises : « To speak frankly, I have no regrets. »
  • 2026-10-23, Message on X after the attack in Trappes and La Verrière (Yvelines) : « Racism kills. »
  • 2026-10-18, Interview on LCI after the violence of 17 October : « It's the government's fault, it alone is responsible for all of this. »
  • 2026-10-17, Message on X during the 17 October day of protest : « In Paris, the absurd command opened the door to chaos. »
  • 2026-09-28, Reaction to Mediapart's revelations about messages attributed to Jordan Bardella : « He calls the allegations a 'terrible accusation' and says Jordan Bardella must be able to demonstrate his opposition to antisemitic and conspiracist remarks. »

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