At a campaign rally in Le Bourget, France, Jean-Luc Mélenchon unveiled a platform containing 1,069 proposals. It calls for a higher minimum wage, retirement at 60 and a Sixth Republic. The programme also sets out energy and foreign-policy changes, while an overall financial costing has not yet been presented.
In France, presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon used a rally at Le Bourget to introduce his revised programme on Saturday. The gathering followed publication of the programme book on Friday.[1], [2]
The platform contains 1,069 proposals, with about 200 new measures and 150 updated ones. Mélenchon rejected appeals to moderate his approach and argued that he could win the election with this programme.[1]
His social proposals include a monthly minimum wage of 1,700 euros and retirement at 60. He also proposes replacing France’s current constitutional system with a Sixth Republic, enabling voters to recall elected representatives and lowering the voting age to 16. The economic programme combines a mixed economy with ecological planning.[1]
The programme calls for phasing out nuclear power and shifting to renewable energy. Its renewables horizon moves from 2050 to 2060, and it proposes ecological regions organised around water basins. An overall costing has not yet been supplied; supplementary documents are intended to provide further detail. In foreign policy, Mélenchon seeks suspension of the European Union’s association agreement with Israel, a ceasefire in Ukraine and a European security framework including Russia.[1]
