2027 presidential election
Édouard Philippe
Horizons
Declared candidacyPresidential candidacy confirmed by Horizons, with an active 2027 campaign.
Sources: edouardphilippe.fr ↗ · horizonsleparti.fr ↗ · status checked on 29 October 2026 · Report an error
Photo: Jacques Paquier, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons, 1 April 2019
In brief
- Le Havre’s municipal biography identifies him as mayor, president of Le Havre Seine Métropole and president of the International Association of Cities and Ports; it dates his new municipal term to 28 March 2026.
- The biography records graduation from Sciences Po in 1992 and ENA in 1997, followed by entry to the Conseil d’État.
- It dates his premiership from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 and identifies him as founder and president of Horizons.
Proposals
Compare with other candidates ›Summarised from their own texts and those of their campaign or party. Each proposal shows the kind of text, its date and its source. Summaries are written in French; the English is our translation.
Pensions
Retirement age and contribution period
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Gradually raise the retirement age to 65 and the contribution period to 45 years in under ten years, for those who can, with exceptions for health and long careers.
Pension levels
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
Funding and system
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Extend to all employees the collective funded pensions that already exist for civil servants, and open a pension-savings plan for every French person, with an initial €500 state payment from their first job.
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A « livret capital France »; retirement savings that fund technology.
Other measures
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Phased retirement and combining work with a pension; support for older workers.
By topic
Agriculture and fisheries 1 position
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Farming: simplification, succession, 100 sovereign territories.
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Business, banking and consumers 3 positions
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Maintain Dutreil.
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A « livret capital France »; retirement savings that fund technology.
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Three-year family-gift relief.
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Culture Classification in progress
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Defence 2 positions
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250,000 reservists; 50,000 volunteers/year.
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Expand drones/munitions/fleet/military programming.
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Economy, budget and taxes 4 positions
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Production taxes −€50bn for subsidies −€50bn.
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Golden rule; final deficit 2%.
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Social/state-local/growth effort: 50/25/25%.
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Education 28 positions
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100,000 engineers/year within five years.
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After-school vetting/training; safeguarding supervisor.
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Three-year national inspections; published staff histories.
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Energy 2 positions
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Priority low-carbon energy for European actors.
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Eight additional EPRs; renewables/electrification.
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Environment 4 positions
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Decarbonise freight/buildings/industry; carbon capture.
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Cool vulnerable facilities; fund cooling networks.
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Unified €2bn/year adaptation fund; climate insurance.
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Foreign trade 4 positions
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European procurement without gold-plating.
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China: technology transfers, quotas, joint ventures.
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Joint European technology procurement.
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Health 1 position
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Stable healthcare spending, prevention/technology.
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Housing and planning 1 position
Immigration, asylum and nationality 6 positions
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Halve immigration; end Algeria agreement.
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Reviewable asylum/safe countries; suspend reunification.
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Economic quotas; student means/fee checks.
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International affairs and Europe 1 position
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Complete single market/unify capital markets.
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Justice and security 11 positions
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Short/minimum sentences; abolish sentence-execution judges.
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Diversified/accountable judges; reform CSM.
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Ministerial instructions; municipal penalties.
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Natural areas, water and territories 2 positions
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Swimmable rivers/renovated pools; urban trees.
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Agricultural storage; 10% water reuse.
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Rights and freedoms 1 position
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Counter Islamism/Muslim Brotherhood.
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Science, digital and communications 3 positions
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Double European AI computing within five years.
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Simplify AI rules, protect children.
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Ban social media below 15.
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Social protection 1 position
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€350 first-child benefit, income-degressive.
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State, institutions and administration 3 positions
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Merge/privatise agencies; regulatory/tax moratorium.
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Replace two-thirds of retiring officials.
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DATAR merges four agencies.
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Transport 1 position
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Equal new/used electric-car subsidies.
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Work and employment 9 positions
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Negotiated hours; no contributions beyond 37h.
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Shift welfare financing; tax-exempt overtime.
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Gradually raise the retirement age to 65 and the contribution period to 45 years in under ten years, for those who can, with exceptions for health and long careers.
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In the polls
All polls ›Tested in 35 polls whose results are shown here. A score depends on the scenario: the list of candidates put to respondents.
One dot per scenario, no average; hollow dot: sample size or margins not transcribed in our dataset. Compare with the other people tested ›
First round — the latest results
- 12% First-round presidential voting intention (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle »)
- 12% First-round scenario with Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal running (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle - hypothèse E. Philippe et G. Attal candidats »)
- 15% First-round scenario with Édouard Philippe representing the centre bloc (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – E. Philippe candidat du bloc central »)
- 16% First-round scenario with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann as the only left-wing candidates (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – hypothèse JL. Mélenchon et R. Glucksmann seuls candidats de gauche »)
- 14% First-round scenario with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Hollande as the only left-wing candidates (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – hypothèse JL. Mélenchon et F. Hollande seuls candidats de gauche »)
- 12% First-round scenario with François Ruffin, Dominique de Villepin and David Lisnard running (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – hypothèse F. Ruffin, D. de Villepin et D. Lisnard candidats »)
Second round — the latest head-to-heads
- 44% Scenario 2: Édouard Philippe against Marine Le Pen (« Hypothèse 2 : Édouard Philippe contre Marine Le Pen »)
- 44% Second-round scenario: Édouard Philippe against Marine Le Pen (« L’intention de vote au second tour de l’élection présidentielle - hypothèse E. Philippe vs. M. Le Pen »)
- 47.5% Second-round scenario — question code Q11: Édouard Philippe against Marine Le Pen (« Q11 »)
- 44% Scenario 2: Édouard Philippe against Marine Le Pen (« Hypothèse 2 : Édouard Philippe contre Marine Le Pen »)
Agenda
Full agenda ›Announced upcoming appearances
No appearance announced by name in the agendas read.
Their campaign's or party's agenda is not yet collected.
Sources read
5 pages and documents read, on 1 site.
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Cite this page
Source Civique, « Édouard Philippe », https://sourcecivique.fr/en/candidates/edouard-philippe/, accessed [date] (version of 1 November 2026).
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