Karim Bouamrane : présidentielle 2027

Parti socialiste · Mayor of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Statut : Declared on 9 June 2026 (France Inter), without the PS's endorsement. He refused the PS-Place publique primary (26 August 2026), which was won on 11 October by Raphaël Glucksmann. Candidacy maintained to date, with no withdrawal or endorsement observed.

Born in Clichy, a former Communist councillor from Saint-Ouen who joined the PS in 2014, Karim Bouamrane has been mayor of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine since July 2020, re-elected in March 2026. Within the PS, he embodies a line opposed to the alliance with La France insoumise and to the leadership of Olivier Faure.

Average first-round voting intention: 0 %.

Karim Bouamrane: ten key proposals

  1. Make the protection of children and women victims of violence a major national cause (Sécurité et justice)
  2. Fight drug trafficking with determination to eradicate it (Sécurité et justice)
  3. Tackle medical deserts and adapt the health system to ageing and chronic diseases (Santé)
  4. Guarantee every young person access to training leading to a job they choose rather than endure (Éducation)
  5. Renovate housing for low-income families as part of a fair ecological transition (Logement)
  6. Adopt a special law modelled on the SRU law for tree planting and greening of municipalities (Écologie)
  7. Impose on imported products the rules required of French farmers (Agriculture)
  8. Return foreigners in an irregular situation and humanely welcome those entitled to stay (Immigration)
  9. Increase France's defence effort (Europe et défense)
  10. Eliminate administrative duplication and ease the rules that stifle initiative (Institutions)

Positions for the 2027 election, issue by issue

Energy

Karim Bouamrane backs a mix of nuclear power and geothermal energy, with a gradual phase-out of fossil fuels.

  • Combine nuclear power, geothermal energy and a gradual phase-out of fossil fuels.
  • Reduce France's energy dependence and strengthen European energy sovereignty.
  • Renovate housing for low-income families within a just ecological transition.
  • Criticizes the closure of Fessenheim, seen as harmful to energy sovereignty.

Ecology and environment

Karim Bouamrane has so far given few details of his ecological proposals (August 2026 programme).

  • Impose French production rules on imported agricultural products.
  • Create sustainable jobs in the regions through the ecological transition.

Immigration

Karim Bouamrane wants a “clear” migration policy: returning irregular migrants and regularising certain workers.

  • Return foreign nationals who remain in the country irregularly.
  • Regularise some people subject to an OQTF who work, particularly in catering and construction.
  • Strengthen cooperation with countries of origin on visas and removals.
  • Address the root causes of migration through development and cooperation.

Purchasing power

Karim Bouamrane wants “work pays” and proposes public intervention on food and housing.

  • Make work pay and allow people to live with dignity.
  • Create a “food Carte Vitale”, because “eating well costs a lot” (May 2026).
  • Reduce VAT on construction to make home ownership more accessible.
  • Regulate rents and introduce rental licensing, as in Saint-Ouen.

Employment and work

Karim Bouamrane focuses on youth training and employment in the regions (August 2026 programme).

  • Guarantee every young person training that leads to a job of their choice.
  • Create sustainable jobs in the regions through the ecological transition.

Critical metals and industry

No specific measure on critical metals. Karim Bouamrane defends SMEs, local employment and industrial sovereignty.

  • Make it easier for SMEs to access public procurement, with a local preference where skills are equal.
  • Require supported companies to invest, employ and pay their taxes in France.
  • Reduce industrial and digital dependence, and ease the rules that stifle initiative.
  • Create sustainable jobs in the regions through the ecological transition.

Innovation and digital

Karim Bouamrane has published a single measure on digital technology, devoted to AI.

  • Set the rules applicable to artificial intelligence in France.
  • No other detailed position published so far.

Pensions

Karim Bouamrane wants to differentiate by hardship: earlier retirement for some, up to 69 for others.

  • Take account of rising life expectancy to make the system sustainable.
  • Allow workers, farmers and employees exposed to hardship to retire much earlier.
  • Let other workers continue working until 67, 68 or 69.
  • Open a national debate on financing the welfare state.

Health

Karim Bouamrane targets medical deserts and proposes that the highest incomes contribute more to healthcare.

  • Tackle medical deserts.
  • Adapt the health system to ageing and chronic illness.
  • Rethink the universality of reimbursement so that the very highest incomes contribute more.
  • In Saint-Ouen, he created a municipal mutual insurance scheme for modest and middle-income households.

Security and justice

Karim Bouamrane makes the fight against drug trafficking and violence against children a priority.

  • Fight drug trafficking with determination to eradicate it.
  • Make the protection of children and of women victims of violence a major national cause.
  • In Saint-Ouen: municipal police multiplied by ten and a curfew for under-16s (2025).
  • Enforce the authority of the Republic across the whole territory.

Education and youth

Karim Bouamrane wants to invest in primary schools and guarantee every young person training of their choice.

  • Guarantee every young person training leading to a job of their choice rather than one imposed on them.
  • Invest heavily in primary schools and extracurricular activities.
  • Create specialised collèges with tracks in culture, sport and foreign languages.
  • Democratise excellence so that every child has the same opportunities.

Gender equality

Karim Bouamrane has published a measure on violence against women.

  • Make protection of children and women victims of violence a national priority.
  • No other detailed position published so far.

Debt and public finances

Karim Bouamrane does not set a numerical deficit target; he relies on simplification and taxing the wealthiest.

  • Eliminate administrative duplication and unnecessary overlaps.
  • Simplify public action and reduce regulations.
  • In 2025, supported the Zucman tax, a 2% levy on assets above 100 million euros.

Europe

Karim Bouamrane advocates a Europe that protects, without a detailed European programme at this stage.

  • Build “a Europe that protects us”, with guarded borders.
  • Impose on imported products the rules required of French farmers.

Defence

Karim Bouamrane promises to increase defence spending, with no costing at this stage.

  • “I will increase defence spending,” to “avoid war.”
  • Guarantee credible deterrence and give soldiers the means to carry out their mission.

International

Karim Bouamrane n'a pas encore publié de positions détaillées en politique étrangère.

  • Agir “à la source des migrations par le développement et la coopération”.
  • Une France qui “tient son rang”, membre permanent du Conseil de sécurité.

Latest statements

  • 2026-10-11, Message on X after Raphaël Glucksmann's victory in the PS-Place publique primary : « Congratulations to Raphaël Glucksmann. Very glad that the candidate who stood for a clear break with LFI won by a wide margin. »
  • 2026-08-31, Sud Radio, L'invité politique : « “The alternative on the left is me, the alternative on the left.” »
  • 2026-08-26, TF1, refusal of the PS-Place publique primary (AFP dispatch) : « “I will not go through the primary process, but I am more than ever a candidate.” »

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