French presidential hopeful Mélenchon set to launch campaign by vowing to lower retirement age
Summary
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is launching his platform for France’s 2027 presidential election with pledges to raise the minimum wage, cap prices on essential foods and restore retirement at 60 for people who have paid into the system for 40 years. His programme also proposes tax changes, a shift away from nuclear power and a gradual French withdrawal from NATO’s integrated military command.Key Facts
- Mélenchon’s party, France Unbowed, calls its platform “L’Avenir en commun,” or “A Shared Future.”
- The platform proposes raising the net monthly minimum wage from about €1,480 to €1,700.
- It proposes repealing President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, which raised the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.
- The platform calls for ending the flat tax on capital income and raising taxes on the wealthiest households.
- It proposes phasing out nuclear power, scrapping the planned EPR2 reactor programme and not extending nuclear plants’ operating lives beyond 60 years.
- On foreign policy, the platform calls for France to begin gradually withdrawing from NATO by leaving its integrated military command.
- The article says recent polls place Mélenchon as the strongest candidate on the left and suggest he could reach the runoff against Marine Le Pen, but would lose in the second round.
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