Mélenchon presents France Unbowed’s 2027 platform

Jean-Luc Mélenchon presented France Unbowed’s programme for the 2027 presidential election at a rally near Paris on November 7, setting out proposals that include a higher minimum wage, retirement at 60 and a more interventionist role for the state. The manifesto, titled “L’Avenir en commun,” was published the day before the rally.

The programme proposes raising the net monthly minimum wage to €1,700 from about €1,480. It would restore retirement at 60 for people who have contributed to the system for 40 years and repeal President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, which raised the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. It also calls for capping prices on essential foods, abolishing the flat tax on capital income and increasing taxes on wealthy households and major corporations.

France Unbowed proposes gradually phasing out nuclear power in favour of renewable electricity, scrapping the planned EPR2 reactor programme and not extending nuclear plants’ operating lives beyond 60 years. The platform also calls for France to leave NATO gradually, starting with withdrawal from its integrated military command, and for expanded public services and greater protection of domestic industry.