Security and justice : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

Drug trafficking is estimated at 6.8 billion euros in 2025, three times more than in 2010, according to the Prime Minister. At the end of 2025, the government announced the recruitment of 700 additional investigators and 850 additional detention officers.

Marine Le Pen

The RN relies on tough criminal policy and protection of law enforcement officers (RN 2024 programme).

Mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offenders (RN 2024 programme).
Criminal majority at 16 and immediate appearance for minors (RN 2024 programme).
Presumption of self-defence for law enforcement officers (RN 2024 programme).
Mandatory municipal police in towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants (RN 2024 programme).

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

LFI backs community policing, stronger oversight of law enforcement and a more independent justice system.

Restore community policing and dismantle the anti-crime squads (BAC).
Place the judicial police under the authority of the judiciary.
Introduce a receipt for identity checks.
Repeal the Cazeneuve law on refusing to comply with orders, and ban tasers and stun grenades.

Édouard Philippe

In Le Point of 27 October 2026, he calls for very short but effective prison sentences from the first offence for rioters.

Very short but effective prison sentences from the first offence for rioters (October 2026, according to Focus-news citing Le Point).
Mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offences against persons holding public authority (October 2026, according to Focus-news citing Le Point).
“State of emergency” against drug trafficking, time-limited and under judicial control (September 2026).
Financial “S files” to monitor the assets of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Mandatory minimum sentences for the most serious offences (May 2025).

Raphaël Glucksmann

Place publique wants to strengthen local justice and investigative resources (March 2026 programme).

A “local justice shock” and twice as many Maisons de justice et du droit.
Strengthen investigative resources against drug trafficking.
Deploy specialised units against cybercrime across the whole country.
Invest in renovated prisons to tackle prison overcrowding.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard wants to strengthen the authority of prefects and mayors and toughen the enforcement of sentences (August 2026).

Give prefects effective command of security forces.
Allow volunteer municipalities to arm their municipal police.
Local anti-drug units placed under the authority of the prefect.
Reinstate mandatory minimum sentences and abolish automatic sentence reductions.

Bruno Retailleau

After the violence of 17 and 18 October 2026, he calls for a state of emergency, a new public order doctrine and a criminal majority at 15.

Calls on the executive to declare a state of emergency after the violence of 17 and 18 October (October 2026, according to franceinfo).
Calls for a new public order doctrine embracing firm repression of violence (October 2026, according to LCP).
Proposes a criminal majority at 15 (October 2026, according to BFMTV, relayed by Titres Presse).
Restore mandatory minimum sentences and short prison terms, reversing the Belloubet law of 2019.
Abolish or strictly regulate the sentence enforcement judge.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal is betting on police presence on the ground and the effective enforcement of sentences.

Systematic municipal police in municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants (Renaissance 2025 programme).
Abolish the sentence enforcement judge (November 2025).
Create a national school for municipal police officers, with regional branches.
Favour foot, bicycle or horse patrols and mobilise reserve forces.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour defends a very firm criminal policy, whose detailed figures date from the 2022 programme.

Deport foreigners detained in French prisons (September 2026).
Mandatory minimum sentences for every crime and offence, and whole-life sentences for the most serious ones (2022 programme).
10,000 additional prison places (2022 programme).
Presumption of self-defence for law enforcement officers (2022 programme).

Marine Tondelier

The ecologist programme of July 2026 favours prevention, alternative sentences and oversight of law enforcement.

Moratorium on new prison places, except to replace unsanitary facilities.
Develop probation and alternative sentences for non-violent offences.
Replace the IGPN and IGGN with an authority attached to the Defender of Rights.
Legalise and regulate recreational cannabis, and ban facial recognition.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel calls for resources for justice and local public services, without automatic sentencing.

Comprehensive law against sexual and sexist violence, endowed with €3 billion (August 2026).
Reopen closed police stations and public services (August 2026).
Opposed to automatic mandatory minimum sentences.
Rescue plan for justice and more humane prisons (2022 programme).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan proposes more staff, more prison places and army support at the borders.

10,000 additional police officers and gendarmes, net, over five years.
40,000 prison places in decommissioned barracks converted for the purpose.
Presumption of self-defence for police officers.
Deploy the army at the borders to relieve law enforcement.

Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin has no detailed security programme; he emphasises counter-terrorism and the rule of law.

Strengthen the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office and the reform of the DGSI (2025).
Coordinate justice, police and financial services to track terrorist money flows.
Strengthen training for police officers, gendarmes, magistrates and prison staff.
Allow judges to act quickly against radical content online.

Nathalie Arthaud

Lutte ouvrière presents no security programme and criticises the role of the police and the lack of justice resources.

Denounces “round-ups” targeting undocumented migrants and racism in the police.
Notes the lack of justice resources, particularly for rape victims.
Does not “rely on laws or on the police and justice” to fight racism.

Karim Bouamrane

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.

François Hollande

He claims firmness on sovereign matters, with prison sentences from the first offence.

Impose prison sentences, including short ones, from the first offence.
Adopt a firm line on sovereign matters.

Natacha Polony

No detailed position published at this stage.

Security and justice : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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