Europe : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

France must pay around €30 billion into the EU budget in 2026, according to the government. Its net contribution is close to €8 billion a year, according to the Senate, while the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework is under negotiation.

Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen wants a Europe of nations, a smaller European budget and no new enlargement.

Cap France's net contribution to the EU budget at €5 billion a year (October 2026).
Replace the European Commission with a refocused secretariat-general (2024).
Oppose EU membership for Ukraine, Turkey and the Balkans (European elections programme 2024).
“Stop” the Green Deal and cut European standards to the strict minimum (October 2026).

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

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.

Édouard Philippe

Édouard Philippe wants full European sovereignty and a better-protected European market.

Build European sovereignty in AI, technology, energy, defence and finance (July 2026).
Impose on Chinese companies the conditions they impose on European ones (November 2025).
Build a European capital markets union.
European blacklist of non-cooperative countries on drug trafficking (May 2026).

Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann advocates a more integrated Europe, with a common budget and common borrowing.

Sharply increase the Union's budget and give it new own resources (2025).
Abolish the veto within the European Union.
Pass a “Buy European” law for public procurement (January 2026).
Reunification treaty and overhaul of European institutions by 2030 (2025).

David Lisnard

David Lisnard wants to reform the EU without leaving it and refocus its powers.

Negotiate a treaty to democratise Europe that revises the division of powers.
Referendum when supranational rules prevent France from exercising its sovereignty.
Make European transfers conditional on respect for the rule of law.
Withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights as a last resort (August 2026).

Bruno Retailleau

Bruno Retailleau wants to stay in the EU but restore the primacy of national law.

Restore the primacy of national law to protect “fundamental interests” (February 2026).
Opposed to the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Neither leaving the European Union nor leaving the euro.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal proposes building “United States of Europe” around a hard core of countries.

Build the United States of Europe starting from a hard core of founding countries (September 2026).
Economic, technological and environmental federalism, with a capital markets union.
Firm opposition to the Mercosur treaty and systematic mirror clauses (June 2026).
Keep core sovereign powers under state control.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour advocates a Europe of nations without leaving the EU.

Primacy of national law through a revision of Article 55 of the Constitution (2024 programme).
Mandatory referendum for every European treaty (2022 programme).
Permanently end Turkey's accession process (2024 European elections programme).
Strengthen the EU's external borders, with Frontex escorting deportations (2022 programme).

Marine Tondelier

The Greens' programme proposes a federal leap for Europe and a much larger European budget.

Make a “federal leap” by sharing more powers between states and the EU.
Raise the EU budget to 2% of GDP by 2035 and 5% by 2050.
Ecological and social protectionism at the EU's borders, with safeguard clauses.
Accelerated accession for new member states that respect the rule of law.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel rejects a federal Europe and wants to break with European budget rules.

Reject a federal Europe to preserve France's independent voice (August 2026).
Not ratify Mercosur and challenge free trade treaties (August 2025).
Break with the constraints of the Stability Pact (July 2025).
Relaunch European industrial cooperation (2026).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan proposes leaving the European Union.

Leave the European Union to “restore France's independence” (September 2026).
Thus save the €15 billion of the net contributor balance.
Definitively reject the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.
Restore national borders (2024).

Dominique de Villepin

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.

Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud opposes a European Union she considers serving capitalists.

Against “Fortress Europe”: freedom of movement and settlement (2026).
Rejects building a European army (February 2026).
Disputes the idea that the EU has guaranteed peace on the continent (2024).

Karim Bouamrane

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.

François Hollande

He defends a multi-speed Europe and a strengthened strategic autonomy for the Union.

Create a core group of six to eight states for industry, digital technology, AI and defence.
Strengthen the strategic autonomy of the European Union.
Defend France's place within the European Union.

Natacha Polony

She wants a more autonomous Europe and a France ready for a power struggle with Brussels.

Reject European policies that run counter to France's vital interests.
Consider suspending France's contribution to the European budget if France is under threat.
Reject the renationalisation of the PAC and defend Community preference.
Build a Europe that is autonomous from the United States, China and Russia.

Europe : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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