Reduce unemployment (7.4% in the fourth quarter of 2021, the lowest rate since 2008), erase the public debt (it was reduced to 112.9% of GDP in 2021 against 115.7% in 2020, according to INSEE), increase salaries and purchasing power: each of the contenders for the Elysee Palace defends his economic roadmap, revealing deep fault lines between the candidates.
Overview of their flagship measures.
Radical, the one who presents herself as a "revolutionary communist" proposes "to impose hiring and the distribution of work to eliminate unemployment".
The Lutte Ouvrière candidate also provides in her "struggle program" for an increase in the minimum wage to 2,000 euros net (against 1,269.03 euros currently).
She also defends the idea of making public the use of corporate profits, of exonerating "workers" from fuel taxes or even of expropriating large fortunes.
Finally, it pleads for the abolition of banking secrecy and VAT.
The candidate of Debout la France suggests many measures for an "authentic economic and social recovery of the country".
To do this, he advocates an 8% wage increase (equivalent to a thirteenth month) for all employees and a reduction in employee contributions for the self-employed.
It intends to index the pensions and index salaries of civil servants to inflation to increase their amount each year.
The right-wing candidate also wants to restore a tax on very large fortunes, abolished by Emmanuel Macron, by excluding the main residence from the calculation and by deducting from the ISF the investments in SMEs producing in France.
He also wants to relaunch the participation of employees in the company.
In order to promote French production,
he intends to halve the tax on profits for those who are reinvested in France.
He wants to tax overtime charges.
He also wants to stabilize the number of civil servants.
As for the Smic, he does not want to increase it but to lower the contributions.
More original, he leans for the abolition of VAT on feminine hygienic protections.
"As soon as I come to power, I will increase the minimum wage by 200 euros net per month (i.e. 15% increase) and I will call a conference on wages with employers' organizations and trade unions", announces the socialist candidate in her economic program. .
It also pleads for the recruitment of tens of thousands of civil servants.
To finance the ecological transition, it provides for a climate ISF (solidarity tax on wealth) of an annual amount of 4 billion euros.
The current mayor of Paris also intends to put an end to "indecent differences" in remuneration and encourage the reduction of working hours.
It offers an endowment of 5,000 euros to each young person at the age of 18 to enable them to finance professional and personal projects.
In terms of inheritance,
it wants to exempt inheritance tax below 300,000 euros so that 95% of French people have nothing to pay.
On the other hand, the left-wing candidate claims to want to increase the taxation of multinationals.
The environmentalist candidate wants "an economy at the service of the climate and citizens".
He therefore promises to increase the minimum wage by 10% to reach 1,500 euros net in 2027 and to reduce working time.
He plans to introduce a citizen income from the age of 18, paid automatically.
It aims to recruit more than 200,000 people in public services.
The MEP intends to impose on companies equal pay between men and women and the reduction of pay gaps in general.
The ecologist wants to individualize income tax so that it is paid by individual and no longer by tax household.
It intends to abolish the "flat tax" (also called PFU – single flat-rate levy –,
which applies to capital income) put in place by Emmanuel Macron and which he considers ineffective.
It recommends modulating the VAT on energy products for ecological purposes, relocating production and protecting companies from unfair competition.
On the question of inheritance, he does not want to introduce taxation below 100,000 euros received throughout life.
He also wants to financially encourage the transmission of farms.
The candidate of Resist!
wants to raise the minimum wage to 1,400 euros net.
He wants to nationalize companies in key sectors of the economy (agriculture, industry, automobile, aeronautics, etc.) in order to restore power to the state.
Jean Lassalle also plans to exempt from property tax and corporation tax any professional activity whose head office is located in municipalities with less than 15,000 inhabitants.
The deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques also advocates a "Marshall plan" for the reindustrialization of the country.
He also intends to restore the ISF, review the distribution of the common agricultural policy (Pac) and fight against tax evasion.
The candidate of the National Rally does not propose an overall revaluation of the minimum wage but exemptions from contributions for companies which would increase wages up to three times the minimum wage.
In terms of taxation, she announces that she wants to exempt from income tax all young workers up to the age of 30, "so that they stay in France and start their families here".
Still with the aim of boosting the birth rate, Marine Le Pen wishes to grant couples subject to joint taxation a full share of the family quotient from the second child, instead of the third currently.
The far-right candidate also wants to replace the current real estate wealth tax with a financial wealth tax (IFF),
taxing the very high heritages with a total exemption of the principal residence.
It intends to abolish the property contribution of companies (CFE), as well as the C3S (social solidarity contribution of companies) "in the relocation areas" where "we must recreate employment" while maintaining the "flat tax".
In her program, the boss of the RN also announces that she wants to repay the debt, favor French companies in public procurement, intervene on prices and support sectors in difficulty.
Finally, it intends to create a "French sovereign fund" to increase the remuneration of French savings and direct it towards strategic and innovative sectors.
as well as the C3S (social solidarity contribution of companies) "in the relocation areas" where "we must recreate employment" while maintaining the "flat tax".
In her program, the boss of the RN also announces that she wants to repay the debt, favor French companies in public procurement, intervene on prices and support sectors in difficulty.
Finally, it intends to create a "French sovereign fund" to increase the remuneration of French savings and direct it towards strategic and innovative sectors.
as well as the C3S (social solidarity contribution of companies) "in the relocation areas" where "we must recreate employment" while maintaining the "flat tax".
In her program, the boss of the RN also announces that she wants to repay the debt, favor French companies in public procurement, intervene on prices and support sectors in difficulty.
Finally, it intends to create a "French sovereign fund" to increase the remuneration of French savings and direct it towards strategic and innovative sectors.
favor French companies in public procurement, intervene on prices and support sectors in difficulty.
Finally, it intends to create a "French sovereign fund" to increase the remuneration of French savings and direct it towards strategic and innovative sectors.
favor French companies in public procurement, intervene on prices and support sectors in difficulty.
Finally, it intends to create a "French sovereign fund" to increase the remuneration of French savings and direct it towards strategic and innovative sectors.
The outgoing president intends to allocate 30 billion euros to sectors of the future such as aeronautics (mini-space launchers), biomedicines, semiconductors, third and fourth generation nuclear reactors as well as the development of unicorns and large digital, cloud, quantum and artificial intelligence companies.
Emmanuel Macron also wants to abolish the contribution on the added value of companies (CVAE) in order to increase the competitiveness of these, in particular in the industrial sector.
Like Marine Le Pen, he wants to force the State and communities to buy French (currently, public procurement must be done on the scale of the European Union, even if, in fact, French companies are already privileged) .
It also intends to make subsidies conditional on job creation within the framework of a regional planning policy.
Aware of the "transformation of families", the candidate LREM also wishes "to allow all couples living together to reduce their taxes as if they were married or in a civil partnership".
Still in terms of taxation, the candidate proposes to modify the direct line inheritance rights by increasing the allowance from 100,000 to 150,000 euros.
It will also be possible to pass it on to indirect recipients (nephew, niece, spouse's child, etc.).
As part of a "social emergency law", the candidate intends to increase the Smic to 1,400 euros net monthly and cap salary differences from 1 to 20. He proposes to increase all salaries by putting in establishment of wage commissions in companies.
He also pleads for the tenure of 800,000 public service contract workers.
As for the unemployed, Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to offer them long-term employment in the emergency sectors.
The Insoumis is also in favor of the idea of imposing a blank year for the profits of the CAC 40. In terms of taxation, the deputy wants to overhaul corporate tax to establish equality before the tax between SMEs and large groups, by introducing a progressive scale according to the profits made and their destination.
He also wants to abolish the “flat tax”, restore the ISF with a climate component, reduce VAT on basic necessities and tax capital income “like that of work”.
Regarding inheritance rights, he intends to cap inheritances at 12 million euros.
"Beyond 12 million euros, I take everything", asserted the candidate of the radical left.
But this measure, which requires a law, presents a significant risk of unconstitutionality.
The candidate Les Républicains wants to create a "purchasing power shock" by increasing by 10% in five years the net salary (excluding inflation) of those who receive less than 2,800 euros per month.
In terms of employment, she also wants to get out of the 35 hours by branch agreement.
The president of the Île-de-France region also intends to exempt from social charges and income tax all hours worked beyond 35 hours and allow employees to convert more RTT into salary.
It also recommends the elimination of 150,000 civil servant posts.
As part of a "catch-up plan" for companies, Valérie Pécresse plans to organize a "salary conference" to verify that "equal pay for women and men is a reality".
On the tax front,
it is for the abolition of the social solidarity contribution of companies (C3S), an "absurd" tax which "penalizes" the competitiveness of companies.
She also wants to set up a carbon tax at the borders of Europe to put an end to "unfair competition" for French agriculture.
For individuals, it intends to keep the tax on real estate wealth while lowering VAT on cultural products, social housing, electricity and periodic protection.
for French agriculture.
For individuals, it intends to keep the tax on real estate wealth while lowering VAT on cultural products, social housing, electricity and periodic protection.
for French agriculture.
For individuals, it intends to keep the tax on real estate wealth while lowering VAT on cultural products, social housing, electricity and periodic protection.
The candidate of the New Anti-Capitalist Party intends to increase all income by 400 euros.
The elected municipal official of Bordeaux also wants to introduce an income of autonomy for 16-25 year olds "close to the idea of the Smic", at 1,800 euros net.
He also wants to create one million statutory positions in public services.
He recommends the nationalization of companies in the energy (Veolia, Total, EDF or Engie) and pharmaceutical (Sanofi) sectors, or even the requisition of private banks.
On the tax front, Philippe Poutou, who wants to "break with capitalism", intends to put an end to "tens of billions of dividends" for CAC 40 shareholders and evasion in tax havens.
He also wants to end tax exemptions for bosses in order to finance Social Security.
The communist candidate promises a "labour revolution" if elected.
Concretely, he suggests increasing civil service salaries by 30% and creating 500,000 civil servant positions.
It intends to achieve equal pay between men and women, and between public and private companies, within a year.
He also advocates the renationalization of SNCF, EDF, Engie, La Poste and Orange as well as the nationalization of banks.
On the fiscal level, he wants to reduce indirect taxes, such as VAT, triple the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) and introduce fifteen income tax brackets.
Fabien Roussel also intends to create a new tax on companies which would be progressive, flexible according to the turnover and the results of the companies.
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The Reconquest candidate!
intends to allocate a thirteenth month to the most modest salaries of employees in the private and public sectors as well as the self-employed by lowering the CSG (generalized social contribution).
It intends to revalue up to 600 euros pensions below 1,300 euros net by exempting them from the CSG and the CRDS (contribution for the reimbursement of the social debt).
He also wants to return to the "virtuous principle" of "working more to earn more" by completely exempting overtime.
More generally, it calls for a production tax cut of €30 billion including a 15% tax cut for small businesses, craftsmen, traders and farmers as well as the end of inheritance tax for transmission of
family businesses.
On the other hand, he intends to demand the “full reimbursement” of the public aid received by the companies which relocate.
For individuals, these tax reductions concern in particular the exemption from real estate wealth tax on the main residence or the abolition of the audiovisual license fee.
Finally, the far-right candidate pleads for a reduction in inheritance tax and a transmission of assets throughout life.
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