The diversity of the 2022 presidential candidates makes it possible to have a very wide range of proposals and social projects that are radically different from each other. Update on the programs of this presidential 2022.
What are the candidates for the 2022 presidential election proposing? From the extreme left which wants a return to the cause of capitalism, to the extreme right which attacks migration and international exchanges, the range of programs is very wide. It is clear that since the election of Emmanuel Macron 5 years ago, the parties that traditionally structured French political life – the left government embodied by the PS and its allies and the right government embodied by LR (or the ex-UMP) and its allies – are no longer the most audible.
The candidates’ programs for this 2022 presidential election are based on other themes, which still come out of the left / right reading grids. There are very strong positions taken on identity, immigration, security, education, the way of reconsidering the European Union. Some programs devote an important place to the fight against climate change, others barely mention it. Find below the summary programs of the 12 2022 presidential candidates and a link to more details.
Macron’s program
Reform inheritance rights
Reduce certain taxes, pay social assistance at source
Investing 30 billion in cutting-edge and future-oriented industry
Hire 8,500 magistrates, reduce sentence enforcement times
Reduce sentence enforcement times
Create 200 gendarmerie brigades and an “action force” in sensitive neighborhoods
Invest in nuclear energy, offshore wind power*
Quickly offer electric cars for long-term rental
Introduce a carbon tax at the border of Europe
Postpone the retirement age to 65, introduce a minimum pension of 1100 euros
Condition the RSA to an activity
Restrict the conditions of access to residence permits
Pay teachers better and ask them to work more
Carry out a “major reform” of the vocational high school
Launch a major recruitment plan for nurses and caregivers
Le Pen’s program
Reduce VAT from 20% to 5.5% on energy products
Allow companies a 10% wage increase
Increase the minimum old age to €1,000
Double the number of magistrates
Increase the number of prison places to 85,000
Restore minimum sentences
Promoting French agriculture
Stop wind projects
Relaunch nuclear
Remove the law of the ground, toughen the rules of naturalization
Reserve allowances for French people
Reject any extension of the retirement age
Put in place an emergency plan of 20 billion euros for health
Raising teachers’ salaries
Introduce the uniform in elementary and middle school
Mélenchon program
Increase the minimum wage
Deploy the four-day week
Restore ISF
Regularize all undocumented workers
Legalize and regulate the consumption and sale of cannabis
Allocate 1 billion euros of budget for the fight against sexism and violence against women
Plan the transition to 100% renewable energy
ban glyphosate
Create a public transport and mobility hub
Establish a job guarantee
Establish a monthly income of 1063 euros
Switch to the Sixth Republic
Delete Parcoursup
Introduce free higher education
Reimburse 100% of prescribed care
Pécresse Program
Increase net wages by 10% up to 2.2 Smics
Tax-exempt overtime without restriction or cap
Tax exemption for all inheritances up to 200,000 euros
Introduce a police programming law. 5 billion spent on agent equipment
Restore minimum sentences
Create “punch” brigades, with recourse to the military “if necessary” in “difficult neighborhoods”
Achieve carbon neutrality by 2050
Reviving existing nuclear power plants and building six EPRs
Decarbonizing public and individual transport
Introduce retirement at 65 by 2030
Eliminate 200,000 civil servant positions in the administration
Limit immigration with “reception quotas by profession and by country”
Recruit 25,000 caregivers in 5 years in the public hospital
Establish a ceiling of non-French-speaking students per class
Abolish the payment of social benefits to all foreigners
Zemmour program
Abolish the payment of social benefits to all foreigners
Tax exempt overtime
Reduce production taxes for small and medium-sized enterprises
Deport foreign delinquents and criminals
Restore “full life” in prison
Build 10,000 prison spaces
Relaunch the nuclear industry
“Streamlining” the development of renewable energies
Protect farmers against unfair competition from foreign producers
Repeal PMA for all
Limit the right to asylum to “a handful” of individuals per year
Offer 10,000 euros for any birth in a rural municipality
Raising teachers’ salaries
Create 40,000 caregiver positions in hospitals
Compensation for leave of “near caregivers”
Jadot program
Introduce the climate ISF and an ecological bonus/penalty system on all taxes
Increase the minimum wage by 10%
Create an automatic citizen income of 900 euros from the age of 18
Recruit 3,000 magistrates and 8,000 court officials
General review of court sentences
Create an environmental police and an environment center in the courts
Get out of nuclear power and aim for 100% renewable electricity by focusing on wind power
Renovate the 5 million so-called “thermal sieves” housing units within 10 years
Stop the sale of electric vehicles by 2030 and convert the thermal engines of the market
Legalize Cannabis
Introduce a parental leave of 16 weeks for each parent
Adopt a law for the right to a chosen and peaceful end of life
Ensuring access to higher education for all students
Recruit 65,000 teachers
Create 100,000 nursing positions and increase wages by 10%
Hidalgo program
Increase the minimum wage by 200 euros net per month
Reduce VAT on gas and electricity
Exempt inheritance tax up to 300,000 euros
Dedicate one billion euros to the fight against violence against women
Streamline criminal proceedings
Establish alternatives to prison (supervised freedom, electronic surveillance, TIG, etc.)
Establish a climate ISF
Achieve 100% renewable energy as quickly as possible
Invest in short lines, night trains and rail freight
Introduce the right to vote at 16
Repeal the unemployment insurance reform
Cap the retirement age at 62
Delete Parcoursup
Train 15,000 doctors per year
Recognizing burnout as an occupational disease
Dupont-Aignan programs
Increase all wages below 3 Smics by 8%
Adopt a “BUY FrenchAct” and favor companies that produce in France
Re-index civil servant salaries and pensions to inflation
Recruit 30,000 law enforcement officials and 10,000 administrative staff
Reinstate minimum sentences and more severe penalties for recidivism
Create 40,000 prison places and promote dignity and security in detention
Restore French nuclear power to an “independent and excellent” sector
Replace oil and gas with low-carbon energies in housing
Investing in energy recovery from waste
Restore full retirement at age 60 with 37.5 annuities, at age 55 for difficult jobs
Abolish jus soli and the Schengen agreements
Restore the seven-year term and recognition of the blank vote
Increase teachers’ salaries by 20%
Reform Parcoursup and upgrade the technical and professional streams
Restore the BAC in its form prior to the Blanquer reform
Roussel’s program
Increase the Smic to 1500 euros net per month
- Establish an income of 850 euros per month for students
Restore and triple the ISF
Recruit 30,000 community police officers
Repeal the “Global Security” law
Leave NATO
Create 6 nuclear EPRs and invest in renewable energies
Reduce taxes on electricity and gas
Make urban public transport free
Introduce the 32-hour work week without a reduction in wages
Reinstate retirement at age 60
Repeal universal suffrage for the presidential election
Delete Parcoursup
- Reduce school time from kindergarten to college
Create 100,000 hospital jobs
Lassalle program
Increase the Smic to 1400 euros net
Restore ISF
Exempt from corporation tax companies headquartered in small municipalities
Recruit 6,000 gendarmes and police officers
Create new prisons
Increase the number of magistrates
Renovating nuclear power plants and developing new ones
Develop solar and sea energy
Stop the development of wind power
Recognize the blank vote and establish the RIC
Allocate 3 billion euros per year to campaigns
Legalize Cannabis
Open 20,000 beds and recruit 100,000 nurses and caregivers
Reimburse all health costs only via CPAM
Repeal the Bac reform
Poutou’s program
Increase the Smic to 1800 euros net
Establish a self-sufficiency income for all 16-25 year olds of 1800 euros net
Increase all income by 400 euros per month
Disarm the police
Remove Bac and Brav
Withdraw the French soldiers present in Africa
Getting out of nuclear power in 10 years
Make all public transport free
Retirement at age 60
Reduce working time to 32 hours over four days
Establishing the right to vote for foreigners residing in France
Extend the abortion period to 24 weeks
Hire 200,000 hospital staff
Lift pharmaceutical patents
Arthaud’s program
Increase the Smic to 2,000 euros net per month
Establish a retirement pension of 2,000 euros net per month
Remove VAT
Stop military operations in Africa and the Middle East
Prohibit hunting with hounds
Ban intensive breeding and slaughter
Engage in a concerted policy on a planetary scale
Retirement at age 60
Remove borders
Hire massively in education, hospitals and nursing homes
Impose the reopening of closed local health establishments
Introduce a law to allow assisted suicide