Compare the programs

Summary across all candidatesPhilippe (halving it), Attal, Le Pen, Lisnard (residence permits cut eightfold) and Polony (a migration "pause") want to reduce immigration, on very different scales. Zemmour goes further with the "remigration" of convicted or undocumented foreigners. Mélenchon and Glucksmann set no reduction target and propose making regularization easier (see that issue).

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Glucksmann, Mélenchon, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin.

Summary across all candidatesMélenchon and Glucksmann want to make it easier to regularize undocumented workers; Le Pen wants to suspend all regularizations.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Lisnard, Philippe, Polony, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesLisnard and Attal want quotas or points to select work immigration; Glucksmann proposes legal routes and Le Pen return after job loss. Retailleau prioritizes employment for foreigners already legally resident, while Zemmour favors automation over new inflows: these proposals use different levers.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Mélenchon, Polony, Roussel, Ruffin.

Summary across all candidatesAttal, Le Pen, Lisnard and Retailleau want to restrict family reunification; Retailleau specifies income, housing and language criteria. Philippe wants to suspend it for the term: general suspension differs from tighter conditions.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Glucksmann, Mélenchon, Polony, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesLe Pen and Lisnard want asylum claims to be filed abroad, in consulates; Philippe wants a yearly list of safe countries and an end to lifelong asylum. Mélenchon instead wants to fully guarantee the right of asylum and repeal the latest immigration laws.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Glucksmann, Polony, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesLe Pen and Retailleau propose abolishing birthright citizenship; Philippe proposes suspending it in Mayotte.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Glucksmann, Lisnard, Mélenchon, Polony, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesLe Pen (national preference), Zemmour (benefits for French citizens only), Lisnard (five years of residence) and Philippe (alignment with the EU average) all propose restricting foreigners' access to welfare, to different degrees.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Glucksmann, Mélenchon, Polony, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin.

Summary across all candidatesPhilippe and Retailleau want the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement on movement and residence ended. This agreement concerns that specific regime, rather than ending all relations with Algeria.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Glucksmann, Le Pen, Lisnard, Mélenchon, Polony, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesPhilippe, Glucksmann and Lisnard call for Samuel Paty to be honored in the Panthéon. Their proposals concern the same national tribute.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Attal, Le Pen, Mélenchon, Polony, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin, Zemmour.

Summary across all candidatesZemmour supports a general ban in public spaces, while Attal opposes a ban for adult women who freely choose to wear it. Le Pen proposes a gradual ban starting with universities, sports federations and public buildings, so its initial scope differs from Zemmour’s.

No proposal on this issue in the sources analyzed: Arthaud, Glucksmann, Lisnard, Mélenchon, Philippe, Polony, Retailleau, Roussel, Ruffin.