Purchasing power : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

Purchasing power has become a central theme of the campaign as fuel prices rise: on 11 September 2026, diesel averaged €2.29 per litre. According to an Elabe poll from September 2026, 70% of French people expect their purchasing power to decline.

Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen is counting on VAT cuts and a wage increase exempt from social contributions.

Cut VAT on energy and fuel from 20% to 5.5%.
Abolish VAT on 100 essential products.
Allow a 10% wage increase exempt from employer contributions, up to three times the SMIC.
Index pensions, the income tax scale and the CSG to inflation.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

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.

Édouard Philippe

Édouard Philippe wants to increase net pay through exemptions linked to working time.

Exempt overtime from contributions and income tax, or about 1,000 euros a year at the SMIC.
Abolish employer contributions beyond the 37th hour.
Rebalance the funding of the social welfare system to ease the burden on work.
Favour temporary, targeted fuel aid and the electrification of the car fleet.

Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann combines a higher SMIC, lower taxes on work and a tax on windfall profits.

Raise the SMIC to €1,600 net within two years.
Reduce contributions or the CSG, funded by a tax on “mega-inheritances”.
Fund targeted fuel aid through a tax on oil windfall profits.
Index the civil service point index to inflation.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard wants to raise net wages by sharply cutting contributions, financed by public savings.

Devote 120 billion euros of contribution cuts to raising net wages.
Abolish energy saving certificates to lower fuel prices.
Cut the CSG on labour income, financed by freezing high pensions.

Bruno Retailleau

Bruno Retailleau wants to lower fuel prices and better pay overtime work.

Cut fuel prices by 15 to 17 cents per litre by scrapping energy saving certificates.
Exempt from contributions the pay for half an hour of overtime per day.
Exempt employees with full careers from pension and unemployment contributions before the legal retirement age.
Return 51 billion euros to households and businesses, according to his estimate.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal aims for a “wage shock” through lower contributions and rejects a windfall tax.

Raise a worker's net pay by 250 euros to 2,200 euros through lower contributions.
Abolish the legal cap of 220 overtime hours per year.
Cap fuel prices set by retailers.
Favour temporary, targeted aid rather than a windfall tax.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour wants to raise the net wages of low-income workers by cutting deductions.

Cut the CSG to raise the net wages of low-income workers.
Create a “zero charges” bonus paid by employers.
Reduce energy taxes to lower bills (2024 European elections programme).

Marine Tondelier

Marine Tondelier backs a minimum wage of 2,000 euros gross and price controls on essential goods.

Raise the minimum wage to 2,000 euros gross per month from 2027.
Cap the prices of a basket of essential goods, including energy and food.
Fund fuel aid through a windfall tax.
Raise wages through negotiation rather than cuts in contributions.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel calls for a general wage increase indexed to prices and a fuel price freeze.

Raise the SMIC to 1,700 euros net and increase all wages by 5%.
Restore the sliding wage scale to index wages to prices.
Freeze fuel prices at 1.60 euros per litre.
Raise the civil service index point by 30%.

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan proposes large cuts in taxes on fuel and basic goods.

Cut the price of a litre of fuel by 40 cents.
Apply a 0% VAT rate to essential products.
Raise wages by 8% up to three times the SMIC through lower employee contributions.
Raise family allowances and index them to inflation.

Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin wants to shift contributions to the CSG to raise net wages.

Transfer about 200 billion euros of contributions to a universal CSG: +100 euros net at the SMIC.
Cut electricity bills by 15% through contracts priced at the real cost of production.
One million electric cars on social leasing and one million heat pumps.
Build 500,000 homes a year and create a universal rental guarantee.

Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud demands a massive increase in wages, allowances and pensions, indexed to prices.

Raise the SMIC to at least 2,200 euros net per month.
Index wages, allowances and pensions to real price increases.
Reduce working time without loss of pay.

Karim Bouamrane

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.

François Hollande

He proposes raising net wages by about 10% by shifting part of contributions to VAT.

Raise net wages by about 10% for everyone.
Lower employee contributions to narrow the gap between gross and net pay.
Finance through VAT and a more progressive tax on financial income.
Temporarily cut VAT on fuel.

Natacha Polony

She promises a strong rise in wages and a fuel tax that tracks prices.

Raise wages by 20 to 30%.
Introduce a floating fuel tax rather than a VAT cut.
Maintain a windfall tax on oil profits.
Recalculate food inflation, which she considers underestimated.

Purchasing power : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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