Édouard Philippe

Easier gifts to children and grandchildren

Sharply raise the tax-free limits on lifetime gifts to children and grandchildren during the first three years of the term.

No new taxes or regulations

Create no new taxes and no new regulations during the five-year term.

Public deficit cut to 2% of GDP

Bring the public deficit down from over 5% to 2% of GDP by the end of the term.

Half of the effort would come from social spending, a quarter from the state and local authorities, and a quarter from growth.

250,000 fewer civil service jobs

Leave one in three retiring civil servants unreplaced, cutting more than 250,000 jobs over the term.

A constitutional fiscal golden rule

Enshrine a fiscal golden rule in the Constitution by referendum.

€50 billion cut in production taxes

Cut production taxes by €50 billion, in exchange for €50 billion less public aid to companies.

100,000 engineers trained a year

Increase the number of engineers trained each year from 40,000 to 100,000 within five years.

Preserving the Dutreil scheme

Preserve the Dutreil tax relief scheme for family business succession.

Ending the 35-hour week

Let companies set their own working hours, with no employer contributions beyond the 37th hour.

Extra hours free of contributions and income tax

Exempt from social contributions and income tax the extra hours worked when a company decides to lengthen working time.

Higher net pay through rebalanced social funding

Fund social protection from other sources than work, to increase net pay.

Doubling targeted fuel support

Double targeted support for people who depend on their cars to get to work, funded through savings in state spending.

Retirement at 65

Gradually raise the retirement age to 65 and the contribution period to 45 years within ten years, for those who are able to work.

People in poor health would keep their current retirement age, and early retirement for long careers would be kept.

Funded pensions for every employee

Extend collective funded pensions to every employee and open a retirement savings plan for everyone, with a first payment of €500 from the state.

Unemployment benefits limited to 12 months

Cut the maximum length of unemployment benefits to 12 months for people under 50, from 18 months today.

Three unpaid waiting days for everyone

Apply three unpaid waiting days on sick leave to every employee, in both the private and public sectors.

A €350 family allowance from the first child

Create a single €350 family allowance from the first child, decreasing with income, by merging existing benefits.

No income tax during a child's first three years

Exempt middle-class families from income tax during a child's first three years, and give better-off families a €3,000 yearly tax cut.

Recognizing firefighters’ occupational cancers

Improve recognition of cancers linked to firefighting work.

First aid training before adulthood

Train every young French person in first aid before adulthood.

Checks on student immigration and higher tuition fees

Check that foreign students can pay for their studies and actually apply the higher tuition fees for non-EU students.

Teachers' pay up 20%

Raise teachers' average pay by 20% over the term, to at least the European average.

Fund this increase within an unchanged budget.

Smaller classes in nursery and primary school

Reduce the number of pupils per class in nursery and primary school.

Autonomous school heads

Give school heads the freedom to adapt teaching methods and hours, require uniforms, set discipline rules and take part in hiring teachers.

Phones banned in primary and middle school

Strictly ban mobile phones in primary and middle school, with immediate confiscation if used.

School responsibility fines

Allow mayors, working with school staff, to fine violent parents and parents of pupils who bully, disrupt classes or skip school.

Independent school assessments

Assess schools transparently, systematically and independently in exchange for greater autonomy.

Apprenticeship funding for priority occupations

Redirect apprenticeship funding toward shortage occupations and future industries, including reindustrialization and the energy transition.

Adapting homes to heat

Insulate homes, improve protection from heat and support air conditioning installations where necessary, especially for vulnerable people.

Eight more EPR reactors

Relaunch nuclear power by starting 8 EPR reactors on top of the 6 planned, while developing renewables and electrifying uses.

Preferential electricity access for European technology

Give European technology companies preferential access to low-carbon electricity.

A carbon price at Europe's borders

Introduce a carbon price at the EU's borders to protect industries that are cutting their emissions.

A single €2 billion-a-year adaptation fund

Create a single climate adaptation fund with €2 billion a year, by merging the Barnier fund and the Green Fund.

Reusing 10% of treated wastewater

Reach a 10% reuse rate for treated wastewater for non-drinking uses.

Increasing water storage

Increase water storage to adapt agriculture to climate change.

Cooling buildings used by vulnerable people

Install air conditioning in facilities serving vulnerable people, including schools, childcare centers and hospitals.

Urban trees and shade

Increase tree planting and remove planning rules that hinder adapting public spaces to heat.

Investment in carbon capture

Invest substantially in carbon capture to limit warming.

A "drug trafficking state of emergency"

Create a "drug trafficking state of emergency" giving exceptional legal powers, limited in time and place, up to targeted facial recognition.

Allow administrative searches in the areas concerned.

A firm line on drug users

Punish drug users, with "place nette" police operations and forced collection of fines, including from welfare benefits.

Municipal fines for damage

Allow mayors to have immediate fines issued for damage to public spaces.

Surveillance of public buildings

Allow municipalities to use drones and intelligent video surveillance to protect public buildings.

Dispersal grenades for municipal police

Equip municipal police with dispersal grenades to help maintain public order and protect town halls during riots.

Sustained fire service funding

Provide firefighters with the resources they need each year instead of releasing funds after disasters.

French firefighting aircraft

Strengthen the firefighting fleet with guaranteed investment over five years and the construction of a French water bomber aircraft.

250,000 volunteer firefighters

Increase volunteer firefighter numbers to 250,000 by the end of the presidential term, with greater financial support.

National alert testing day

Introduce a national day to test alert systems and public understanding of safety instructions.

Climate-ready firefighting equipment

Improve firefighters’ equipment for extreme heat, smoke and flooding, including additional drones, boats and pumps.

Seizing drug traffickers’ assets

Seize drug traffickers’ assets to deprive them of resources.

Withdrawing drug traffickers’ welfare benefits

Withdraw welfare income from drug traffickers.

Notifying public employers of prosecutions

Systematically notify public employers when an employee is prosecuted for drug use.

Stronger European civil protection reserve

Strengthen the European Union’s civil protection reserve to respond to wildfires.

Mandatory minimum sentences

Introduce mandatory minimum sentences for the most serious offenses, especially violence against public officials and teachers.

Short sentences from the first offense

Hand down a short, deterrent prison sentence from the first offense, following the Nordic model.

Abolishing the sentence enforcement judge

Abolish the sentence enforcement judge, so that a sentence cannot be changed by another judge.

Doubling fines for unlawful encampments

Double the fine for unlawful encampments.

Seizing vehicles used in unlawful encampments

Systematically seize vehicles used to establish unlawful encampments.

Administrative eviction of unlawful encampments

Strengthen administrative eviction procedures for unlawful encampments.

Priority for child abuse reports

Prioritize complaints and reports of violence against children, coordinate services and speed up investigations and hearings.

Halving immigration

Halve legal immigration to France.

Quotas for economic immigration

Introduce immigration quotas to select economic immigration.

Ending the 1968 agreement with Algeria

Terminate the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement on the movement and residence of Algerians.

Family reunification suspended

Suspend family reunification for the whole five-year term.

A yearly list of safe countries and no more lifelong asylum

Have Parliament vote every year on a list of safe countries and end asylum granted for life.

Birthright citizenship suspended in Mayotte

Suspend birthright citizenship in Mayotte.

Foreigners' welfare benefits aligned on the EU average

Align the welfare benefits paid to foreigners on the European average.

Asylum moratorium in Mayotte

Suspend registration of new asylum applications in Mayotte for the presidential term.

Return center in East Africa

Establish a first French return center in East Africa to accelerate removals from Mayotte.

Doubling Mayotte’s patrol vessels and radars

Double the number of patrol vessels and radars in Mayotte to monitor maritime borders.

Schengen approval for mass regularizations

Require prior approval from Schengen partners for mass regularizations above a collectively agreed threshold.

Suspending asylum registration during hybrid attacks

Create a European emergency regime allowing asylum registration to be suspended during a hybrid attack at a border.

European sanctions against migration coercion

Create European sanctions against migration coercion networks and their supporters, including asset freezes and entry bans.

Deploying Frontex in Ceuta

Immediately deploy Frontex in Ceuta to help Spain respond to the migration crisis described in July 2026.

Stronger checks at the Spanish border

Immediately strengthen checks at the French-Spanish border to prevent irregular entry.

National swimming access plan

Launch a national plan to make rivers suitable for swimming and renovate public pools.

Samuel Paty in the Panthéon

Honor Samuel Paty in the Panthéon.

Single climate adaptation agency

Merge four agencies into a single national regional development and climate adaptation body supporting local governments.

Protecting the EU market from China

Protect the EU market from Chinese competition considered unfair by requiring technology transfers, production quotas and joint ventures in strategic sectors.

European preference in technology procurement

Introduce European preference in technology procurement and organize joint purchasing by member states.

Increasing aid to Ukraine

Increase European aid to Ukraine’s resistance.

Strengthening sanctions against Russia

Strengthen European sanctions against Russia and their enforcement.

Ukraine’s NATO membership

Work toward Ukraine’s NATO membership to guarantee its security.

250,000 reservists and 50,000 volunteers a year

Increase the number of reservists from 45,000 to 250,000 and voluntary military service from 3,000 to 50,000 places a year.

A military programming law to enlarge the armed forces

Pass a new military programming law to enlarge the armed forces, and scale up the production of drones and ammunition.

Second naval base in Mayotte

Create a second naval base in northern Mayotte to control maritime borders.

European troops after peace in Ukraine

Deploy European troops in Ukraine once peace returns to deter a renewed Russian attack.