Ecology and environment : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

According to Citepa, France's greenhouse gas emissions fell by only 1.5% in 2025, whereas the National Low-Carbon Strategy aims for around 4% a year. Candidates differ on the pace of the transition, agricultural standards, low-emission zones and carbon taxation.

Marine Le Pen

The RN rejects what it sees as a punitive approach to ecology and targets the standards weighing on motorists and farmers.

Abolish low-emission zones (ZFE) (RN 2024 programme).
Reverse the ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035 (RN 2024 programme).
Abolish the Fonds vert, except for floods and forest fires (2026 counter-budget).
Exclude agriculture from free trade agreements and renovate water distribution networks.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

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.

Édouard Philippe

Édouard Philippe focuses on adapting to global warming and decarbonising industry (July 2026).

Double the Fonds vert and refocus it on adaptation and cooling public buildings.
A national bathing plan to make rivers safe for swimming.
A carbon price at European borders to protect industry.
Create 100 “food sovereignty territories” and abolish agricultural over-transposition of EU rules.

Raphaël Glucksmann

Place publique proposes a major climate law and stronger protection of biodiversity (March 2026 programme).

A major climate law committing all ministries to a path towards neutrality.
Ban pesticides near water catchments and schools, and PFAS in everyday products.
Ban domestic flights where a train is an alternative, and tax private jets and SUVs.
A “Blue Pact” for the oceans with a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard wants to pay farmers for environmental services rather than multiply constraints (August 2026).

Allow farmers and foresters to sell stored carbon as an ecosystem service.
Accelerate the “4 per 1000” programme and conservation agriculture to protect soils.
Simplify the water law to store water in winter and irrigate in summer.
Require reciprocal standards in agricultural trade agreements.

Bruno Retailleau

LR favours nuclear power and easing environmental constraints on agriculture.

Recognise agricultural water storage projects as being of major overriding public interest.
Allow neonicotinoids such as acetamiprid where they are permitted elsewhere in Europe.
End public tenders for solar and wind power in mainland France.
Keep existing nuclear reactors running for up to 80 years.

Gabriel Attal

Renaissance defends an “ecology of supply” combining competitiveness and transition (July 2025 programme).

Make clean cars affordable through a reduced VAT rate and social leasing, including used vehicles.
Make the carbon tax more progressive according to income and place of residence.
Transition contracts for farmers aiming for a 50% reduction in pesticides by 2030.
Introduce an Ecoscore on everyday consumer products and a “sustainable meadows” label.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour opposes wind power and traffic restrictions and relies on local agricultural production (2022 programme).

Ban new onshore and offshore wind projects (2022 programme).
Remove urban traffic restrictions based on vehicle type (2022 programme).
Ban agricultural imports that do not meet French standards (2022 programme).
Fund agricultural robotics to reduce pesticide use (2022 programme).

Marine Tondelier

Les Écologistes want to phase out pesticides and generalise public management of water (2026 programme).

Phase out synthetic pesticides and nitrogen fertilisers by 2050.
Ban PFAS, endocrine disruptors and CMR substances in everyday products.
A climate ticket giving access to all public transport, priced according to income.
Generalise public water management bodies.

Fabien Roussel

The PCF combines nuclear power, public transport and French production of electric vehicles.

Put one million electric cars costing less than 10,000 euros on sale, made in France (August 2026).
Build 20 EPR2 reactors and 12 small reactors by 2050 (PCF climate plan 2023).
Invest heavily in public transport with the goal of making it free (PCF climate plan 2023).
Completely phase out fossil fuels (PCF climate plan 2023).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Debout la France rejects constraints on car use and wants to protect French agriculture from imports.

Abolish low-emission zones (January 2026).
Repeal the European ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2035.
Ban the import of agricultural products banned in France for health or environmental reasons.
An agricultural exception at the WTO, with countervailing duties against dumping.

Dominique de Villepin

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).

Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud links the ecological crisis to capitalism and calls for global planning (2022 programme).

Plan energy production under the control of the population (2022 programme).
Introduce free public transport (2022 programme).
Fight intensive livestock farming and ban hunting with hounds (2022 programme).

Karim Bouamrane

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.

François Hollande

No detailed position published at this stage.

Natacha Polony

It links ecology and agriculture, with standards imposed on imports and water planning.

Impose our environmental standards on imported products through mirror clauses.
Plan public water management: storage, managed irrigation and reuse of greywater.
Revive agroecology and reduce waste.

Ecology and environment : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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