Innovation and digital : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

Parliament adopted in July 2026 a ban on social media for under-15s, passed by 279 votes to 81 in the National Assembly, and applicable to new accounts from 1 September 2026. Candidates differ on artificial intelligence, sovereign cloud and the regulation of major platforms.

Marine Le Pen

The RN targets the taxation of tech giants and public procurement, with few detailed measures on AI.

Tax big tech companies' use of networks, raising 550 million euros in 2026.
Introduce an enhanced depreciation allowance for the robotisation and digitalisation of businesses.
Steer around 230 billion euros of annual public purchases towards companies based in France.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

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.

Édouard Philippe

Édouard Philippe is betting on sovereign European AI, supported by public procurement and decarbonised energy.

Double computing capacity to build a sovereign European AI infrastructure.
Adopt a Buy European Tech Act and joint technology purchasing.
Give preferential access to decarbonised energy to national and European players.
Simplify the European legal framework for AI without giving up ethical regulation.

Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann wants European digital sovereignty and strong protection for minors.

Ban social media for under-15s and ban TikTok.
End dependence on the GAFAM within five years.
Create an Industrial Agency for Digital Technology and AI, and a European “Manhattan Project” on AI.
Launch an international treaty on artificial intelligence.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard advocates offensive investment in AI and sovereign data hosting.

Protect health data through a sovereign framework for hosting and cybersecurity (August 2026).
Create a European DARPA to fund AI and cloud (2024).
Favour SecNumCloud-certified cloud in local authorities (2024).
Considers the AI Act necessary but too costly for European SMEs (2024).

Bruno Retailleau

Bruno Retailleau and LR want sovereign AI, backed by decarbonised electricity and simplification of the state.

Double the number of engineers specialised in AI, computing and robotics.
Host sensitive state and health data in line with the SecNumCloud standard.
Simplify the state through AI, alongside 250,000 to 300,000 fewer civil service posts.
Strengthen platform obligations to fight online hate.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal makes protecting minors from screens a priority and wants to roll out AI.

Ban screens for under-15s and introduce a digital curfew for 15-18 year olds.
Publish an “addict-score” for platforms.
Switch social networks to black and white after 30 minutes of use by a minor.
Integrate AI into the daily life of businesses and administrations.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour defends digital sovereignty based on hosting in France and disruptive technologies (2022 programme).

Require sensitive data of French citizens and the state to be hosted in France (2022 programme).
Invest in AI, quantum computing and semiconductors (2022 programme).
Create a tax-exempt innovation savings account to invest in start-ups (2022 programme).
Teach programming from secondary school (2022 programme).

Marine Tondelier

The Écologistes want to reduce the dominance of tech giants and regulate the capture of attention.

Extend publisher status to all major platforms.
Strictly limit targeted advertising based on profiling and ban attention-capture techniques.
Ban facial recognition.
Invest in critical infrastructure, from hosting to semiconductors, and promote interoperability.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel defends digital technology under public control and protective of freedoms (2022 programme).

Nationalise Orange and exclude the GAFAM from public procurement (2022 programme).
Adopt a law against mass digital surveillance (2022 programme).
End the opacity of platform algorithms (2022 programme).
Create a status and social rights for platform workers (2022 programme).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Debout la France is betting on a sovereign cloud and AI funded by the state.

Create a sovereign AI fund financed by the state and BPI.
Deploy an ultra-secure sovereign cloud.
Create a National Agency for the Ethics and Security of AI.
Strictly regulate data transfers outside France.

Dominique de Villepin

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.

Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud has not published any measure on digital technology.

No detailed position published at this stage.

Karim Bouamrane

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.

François Hollande

He bets on digital education and closer European cooperation on artificial intelligence.

Provide each pupil with a digital assistant called « e-Aristote ».
Steer digital policy and artificial intelligence with six to eight European states.

Natacha Polony

It combines technological sovereignty and reshoring, without a detailed digital plan.

Develop robotics and artificial intelligence to bring production back home.

Innovation and digital : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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