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French far-left leader Mélenchon announced his 2027 policy agenda, advocating raising the minimum wage, restoring retirement at age 60, promoting the abolition of nuclear weapons, withdrawing from NATO, and strengthening state intervention in the market.
Far-left representative Mélenchon, who is expected to compete for the French presidency in 2027, released his 2027 policy platform on the 7th. He will and will promise to raise the minimum wageretire The age has been restored to 60 years.
China Central Broadcasting Station quoted Reuters as saying that Mélenchon, 75, is considered the strongest candidate in the leftist camp. up to datevoting That suggests he is expected to advance to the second round of the presidential election next April to face far-right Ray Ban, but polls also suggest he may ultimately lose in the runoff.
His policy platform is titled “L’Avenir en Commune” (A Common Future) and is the fifth edition of the policy platform launched by his political party “France Indomitable” (LFI). The content largely reiterated the main policies of Mélenchon’s previous presidential campaigns.
One of its main proposals is to repeal President Macron’s pension reform, which had previously gradually raised France’s legal minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 in a bid to improve the country’s fiscal situation. LFI said the party will restore a 60-year-old retirement system for people who have been insured and paid taxes for 40 years.
The policy platform also advocates plans to raise the monthly effective minimum wage, eliminate the single tax rate on capital gains, raise taxes on the richest class, and set price limits on food essential to people’s livelihood.
LFI reiterated its support for the phasing out of nuclear power and the transition to a 100% renewable energy power supply system, including canceling the original EPR2 nuclear reactor plan and opposing extending the operational life of existing nuclear power plants beyond 60 years.
On foreign policy, Mélenchon reiterated his long-term commitmentnato There were criticisms and calls for France to gradually withdraw, beginning with withdrawal from the Joint Combat Command system, and then withdrawing from NATO in stages and refusing to spend 5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defense expenditure.
According to Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po, the forum said that France under Mélenchon’s leadership would still provide aid to EU countries in accordance with EU treaties. The party also opposes the “space arms race” and promises to close NATO’s space center in Toulouse, France.
