2027 presidential election

Compare the programs

For each issue, the candidates are grouped by the position they support. Expand an issue to read their proposals side by side, with the exact quotes from their programs.

All 12 candidates who published proposals

22 of 22 issues shown

Public services

Medical deserts

How should medical deserts be tackled?

Disagreement

Summary across all candidatesMélenchon combines regulation of practice locations, more medical school places and public centres; Lisnard and Glucksmann emphasize local care and support for setting up practice. Le Pen, Lisnard, Attal and Polony also want more doctors trained. Attal targets 20,000 doctors a year and additionally deploying junior doctors in the most underserved areas: these levers can complement one another.

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

State medical aid

What should happen to for undocumented foreigners?

Disagreement

Summary across all candidatesMélenchon wants to guarantee access to . Le Pen and Lisnard want to replace it with aid limited to emergencies, and Zemmour wants to abolish it.

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

Teachers' pay

Should teachers' pay be raised?

Agreement

Summary across all candidatesLisnard and Philippe propose a 20% rise over five years; Attal announces €200 net per month and up to €500 in mid-career, and Retailleau €135 at career start up to €300 in mid-career. Glucksmann and Polony use OECD pay as a benchmark, Roussel wants to unfreeze the and Le Pen to raise salaries. The aim is shared but amounts and conditions differ.

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

Class sizes

Should class sizes be reduced?

Agreement

Summary across all candidatesPhilippe, Attal, Roussel and Glucksmann want smaller classes. Attal targets fewer than 20 pupils by using falling pupil numbers, which Glucksmann also wants to use to improve staffing ratios. Roussel plans to recruit 90,000 teachers.

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

School choice

Should families be able to choose their school?

Agreement

Summary across all candidatesLisnard wants school removed and public funding to follow parental choice; Retailleau also supports free school choice. Agreement on parental choice does not establish identical funding mechanisms or school status.

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

School autonomy

Should school heads get more autonomy?

Agreement

Summary across all candidatesLisnard and Zemmour want school heads to have more powers, including over teaching staff. Retailleau proposes 1,000 innovative public schools by 2032 and autonomy for others; Philippe also supports autonomy, without these models implying identical powers or funding.

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

Phones at school

Should mobile phones be banned at school?

Single position

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

Social media and minors

Should social media be banned for under-15s?

Disagreement

Summary across all candidatesAttal proposes a ban for under-15s and wants a referendum on it; Zemmour opposes the ban. Retailleau proposes disabling certain addictive features for minors, which does not explicitly answer whether access should be banned for under-15s.

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

University admission

How should access to higher education work?

Disagreement

Summary across all candidatesMélenchon and Roussel want selection or removed; Glucksmann wants a replacement platform and Le Pen transparent criteria. Attal supports reducing mass enrollment, Zemmour entrance exams and quotas for courses with poor job prospects, and Retailleau transparent merit-based selection: support for stronger selection does not imply identical mechanisms.

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

Tuition fees for foreign students

Should foreign students pay more for their studies?

Agreement

Summary across all candidatesPhilippe wants higher fees actually applied to non-European students; Zemmour wants free study ended for foreign students. Retailleau also proposes higher contributions: agreement on higher fees does not establish a common rate or nationality scope.

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

Other proposals in this theme, with no equivalent from the other candidates (57)

Summaries cover all candidates and are written neutrally. Positions are those of the official sources analyzed, as of the date shown on each quote. Methodology