Jean-Luc Melenchon’s 2027 presidential platform would raise France’s net monthly minimum wage and allow retirement at 60 for workers with 40 contribution years, Reuters reported, putting pay and pensions at the center of his campaign.
The platform would put net monthly minimum pay at €1,700, up from about €1,480. It would let people retire at 60 if they had paid into the system for 40 years. Reuters said this would overturn President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, which shifted the eligibility age upward in stages, ending at 64 rather than 62, to ease pressure on public finances.
The program combines repeal of the flat tax on capital income with higher levies on the wealthiest households and caps on essential food prices. For energy, it backs phasing out nuclear generation in favor of electricity produced entirely from renewable sources. Reuters said the plan would drop the planned EPR2 reactor program and prevent nuclear plants from running beyond age 60.
For foreign policy, the program calls for France to leave NATO gradually, starting with its integrated military command. It backs policies to return production to France and a larger role for the state in the economy. On European Union economic policy, it criticizes Berlin’s influence and describes Germany as a leading advocate of “ordoliberalism,” which it links to strict budget rules, stable prices and independent monetary policy.
Reuters cited recent polls indicating Melenchon could reach an April runoff against Marine Le Pen, identified in the report as a far-right politician, but would lose in the second round. The outlet also described him as the most prominent left-wing contender. France Unbowed, Melenchon’s party, is presenting the fifth edition of its “L’Avenir en commun” (“A Shared Future”) program, which carries forward proposals from earlier presidential campaigns.
EconoTimes previously covered French union calls for wage negotiations and higher pensions.
