Bruno Retailleau

Lower inheritance tax

Cut inheritance tax, exempt family businesses from it as long as they are not sold, and for three years allow tax-free gifts of €150,000 to children under 30.

€51 billion in tax cuts

Cut taxes and contributions on households and businesses by €51 billion, returning any additional growth gains to them.

Increasing mileage allowances

Increase mileage allowances for people who drive to work.

Constitutional fiscal rule by referendum

Hold a referendum within the first hundred days on a constitutional fiscal rule setting a spending ceiling and a budget recovery path.

€197 billion in annual savings by 2032

Cut annual spending by €197 billion by 2032, allocating €146 billion to deficit reduction.

Tariffs protecting strategic industries

Protect France’s strategic industries through tariffs.

Removing small business thresholds

Remove thresholds applying to small businesses by ordinance.

Vauban cybersecurity plan

Implement a Vauban plan to protect people’s data against cyberattacks.

Sovereign public AI procurement

Direct public procurement of artificial intelligence toward sovereign solutions.

Bringing AI specialists back to France

Create an attractive return program for French AI specialists working abroad.

Water reservoirs of major public interest

Declare water reservoirs projects of major public interest.

Agriculture as a fundamental national interest

Recognize agriculture in the Constitution as a fundamental national interest.

Research into heat-resistant seeds

Develop research into seeds resistant to extreme heat.

Freedom to move beyond the 35-hour week

Give businesses and employees the freedom to move beyond the 35-hour week.

Voluntary work on May 1

Allow people who wish to work on May 1 to do so.

A "zero contribution" threshold above 1,623 hours

Exempt hours worked beyond 1,623 a year from all employee and employer social contributions, while keeping overtime exempt from income tax.

Welfare benefits capped at 70% of the minimum wage

Cap the total of non-contributory welfare benefits at 70% of the net minimum wage per adult, using a single social account.

An activity incentive income

Merge the RSA, the activity bonus and the specific solidarity allowance into a single activity incentive income, so that every hour worked pays.

Tighter unemployment insurance

Apply the 2024 rules that shorten the benefit period, and limit benefits after a negotiated contract termination to six months.

A €240 family income from the first child

Replace 12 benefits with a family income of €240 a month from the first child, for legal residents who have worked in France for at least five years.

Banning addictive features for minors

Require platforms across Europe to disable infinite scrolling, nighttime notifications and like counters on minors’ accounts.

Opposing assisted dying

Oppose legalizing assisted dying.

Teachers' pay up €135 to €300 net a month

Raise teachers' base pay by €135 net a month at the start of their career and up to €300 mid-career.

An entrance exam for middle school

Introduce an entrance exam for middle school.

Free school choice for families

Give families back the freedom to choose their school.

No screens in primary school, no AI before high school

Ban screens in primary school and artificial intelligence before high school.

University selection based on merit

Reform Parcoursup around university selection based on transparent criteria and merit.

Vocational education with regional leadership

Give regions, working with businesses, the means to develop vocational education.

Ending the public-private 80-20 rule

Remove the 80-20 rule capping public resources allocated to private education at 20%.

Teacher training colleges

Train teachers in dedicated teacher training colleges.

Disciplinary boarding schools for violent pupils

Create disciplinary boarding schools with strict supervision and experienced teachers for violent pupils and bullies.

Apprenticeships from age 14

Allow apprenticeships from age 14.

Brevet required for high school entry

Require the brevet qualification to enter high school.

Higher contributions from foreign students

Charge foreign students higher contributions toward university education.

Ability groups and ending the single middle school model

End the single middle school model, with ability groups that pupils can leave as soon as they progress.

A thousand innovative schools and school autonomy

Create 1,000 innovative public schools by 2032 and give autonomy to all others.

Ending rent control

Abolish the rent control schemes created by the ELAN law.

Lifting rental bans based on energy ratings

Lift the rental bans based on the energy performance certificate (DPE).

No more social housing quotas for towns

Remove the 20% and 25% social housing quotas that the SRU law imposes on towns.

Repealing the "zero net land take" rule

Repeal the zero net land take target.

One million new homes

Create one million additional homes over five years by easing rules affecting mayors and investors.

Social housing priority for workers and families

Give workers, families and low-income households priority when allocating social housing.

Home cooling

Plan and fund home cooling.

Relaunching nuclear power and running plants for 80 years

Relaunch nuclear power, extend existing reactors to 80 years and restart research on 4th-generation reactors.

No more subsidies for new wind and solar

Stop subsidizing new wind and solar capacity.

Suspending energy savings certificates

Suspend energy savings certificates to cut fuel prices by up to 17 cents per liter.

Repealing the third national energy plan

Repeal the third multi-year national energy plan.

Electricity prices cut by 10%

Cut electricity prices by 10%.

Removing the precautionary principle

Remove the precautionary principle from the Environment Charter and abolish the French Biodiversity Office.

Regenerating Fontainebleau forest

Launch a national operation to regenerate Fontainebleau forest after the fires.

Cooling public buildings

Plan and fund cooling in hospitals, schools, nurseries and nursing homes.

Large-scale wastewater reuse

Reuse wastewater on a large scale instead of discharging it into the sea.

Abolishing low-emission zones

Abolish low-emission zones.

State of emergency during riots

Declare a state of emergency to prevent violence and ban gatherings presenting a risk.

Clearing university blockades

Have the state intervene to restore access to blocked universities.

Evicting illegal land occupations within 24 hours

Require eviction of illegal land occupations within 24 hours, strengthening mayors’ powers and penalties for damage.

Sex offender register checks when hiring

Allow employers recruiting for work with children to consult the sex offender register and bar hiring when a warning appears.

€300 million for gendarmerie equipment

Allocate €300 million over three years for gendarmerie intervention equipment.

Facial recognition to identify rioters

Use facial recognition to identify rioters.

Freezing Islamist entryist organizations’ assets

Freeze assets of Islamist entryist organizations whose acts present a serious threat, using the criteria for dissolving associations.

Mandatory minimum sentences

Make minimum sentences mandatory, instead of leaving them to the judge's discretion, and create a constitutional right to security.

Collective liability for riot damage

Make rioters pay for damage through collective liability.

Criminal majority at 15

Lower the age of criminal majority to 15 in the Charter of Republican Order.

Immediate trials for attacks on public servants

Use immediate trials and detention for those who attack police officers, gendarmes, firefighters and elected officials during riots.

Making LFI liable for riot damage

Make La France insoumise pay for riot damage and prosecute elected officials involved.

Abolishing the sentence enforcement judge

Abolish the sentence enforcement judge.

Building prison places

Build additional prison places.

Chemical castration for dangerous sex offenders

Allow judges to order chemical castration for the most dangerous sex offenders.

In the June 20, 2026 announcement, the measure targets the most dangerous child sex offenders without requiring their consent.

Disciplinary court for judges

Create a disciplinary court for judges who commit misconduct.

Short prison sentences for first serious offenses

Impose short prison sentences from the first serious offense.

Abolishing birthright citizenship

Abolish birthright citizenship, end automatic naturalization and deport foreigners who have no right to stay in France.

Removing associations from immigration detention centers

End the presence of associations in immigration detention centers.

Return centers outside France

Create return centers outside French territory for foreign nationals being removed.

Visa restrictions to obtain migrant returns

Restrict visas for countries refusing to take back their nationals.

Development aid conditional on migrant returns

Suspend development aid to countries refusing to take back their nationals.

Tariffs to obtain migrant returns

Raise tariffs on countries refusing to take back their nationals.

Suspending free movement with Spain

Suspend free movement of people with Spain and restore border checks.

Visas limited to the issuing country

Make visas limited to the territory of the issuing European country the rule rather than the exception.

Strong restrictions on family reunification

Sharply reduce family reunification by tightening income, housing and language requirements.

Immigration detention for up to two years

Extend immigration detention to up to two years using the European return regulation.

Restoring the offense of irregular stay

Restore the criminal offense of irregular stay.

Prioritizing foreign residents already present

Prioritize employment integration for foreign nationals already legally resident over new labor immigration.

Visa management by the Interior Ministry

Transfer visa management to the Interior Ministry to control entry and departure.

Ending the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement

Terminate the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement.

A constitutional pact put to a referendum

Put a revision of the Constitution and a "charter of republican order" to a referendum in autumn 2027.

The final say to the people over the Constitutional Council

Allow the President to put a law struck down by the Constitutional Council to a referendum or to Parliament sitting in Congress.

Referendums open to every legislative question

Extend Article 11 referendums to any legislative question, including immigration and criminal policy, and halve the number of signatures needed for a shared-initiative referendum.

Considering a ban on LFI

Raise the question of banning La France insoumise.

Constitutional recusals over assisted dying

Request the recusal of Constitutional Council members who proposed assisted dying laws when reviewing that legislation.

Abolishing the CESE

Abolish the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.

Ending inclusive writing in public administration

Exclude inclusive writing from public administration.

EU law placed below the Constitution

Place EU law above ordinary laws but below the Constitution, and allow an organic law to overturn European case law that goes against the country's fundamental interests.

Europe of nations without a federal government

Defend a Europe of sovereign nations rather than a federal government, administration and taxes.

Ending stricter transposition through an organic law

End rules going beyond European requirements through an organic law upon taking office.

€100 billion annual defense budget

Raise annual defense spending to €100 billion.

National Security Council

Create a National Security Council to coordinate state action and anticipate crises.

Operational reserve of trained citizens

Establish an operational reserve of trained French citizens to defend the country.

Combat aviation developed in France

Develop combat aviation in France with domestic manufacturers and trusted partners.

Maintaining support for Ukraine

Continue supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression.