2027 presidential election
Fabien Roussel
Parti communiste français
Declared candidacyHis personal site is that of a 2027 presidential campaign.
Source: fabienroussel2027.fr ↗ · status checked on 29 October 2026 · Report an error
Photo: NakaraZn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons, 3 July 2026
In brief
- Elected mayor of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux by the municipal council on 30 January 2025; the city’s current legal notice still identifies him as mayor.
- Former MP for Nord’s twentieth constituency: the Assembly records the end of his latest mandate on 9 June 2024.
- The PCF describes him as national secretary since 25 November 2018 and recounts a background as a cameraman-journalist and later aide to Michelle Demessine.
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
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
Pension levels
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Ensure no pension falls below the minimum wage.
Funding and system
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
Other measures
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
By topic
Agriculture and fisheries 22 positions
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Transform farming to retain more water in soils through cover crops, protection of grasslands and wetlands, hedges and limits on land sealing; restore sustainable livestock farming in cereal regions and support public breeding research for climate-adapted varieties.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
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Provide coupled farm support and dedicated agri-environment-climate measures to improve soil water retention, including incorporation of cover crops and livestock manure.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
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Increase CAP first-pillar support for permanent grasslands and wetlands; simplify and strengthen the hedgerow label and plant millions of linear metres of hedges, without a more precise total in this statement.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
Business, banking and consumers 20 positions
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Bring Total into public ownership, with expropriation considered if necessary.
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Give employees and citizens new powers over production and funding choices, with public banking directing credit towards public services, jobs, research and ecological transition.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
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Support public spending through a public banking group refinanced at zero interest by the ECB.
PCF leaflet distributed by his campaign
Culture 1 position
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Expand science education, artistic/cultural access, fair artist pay and creative freedom; organise nationwide public assemblies on needs and public services. Ten-year product guarantees and consumer-association participation in direct democracy are proposals for debate, not categorical commitments.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
Defence 1 position
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Oppose the announced €36 billion military-spending increase by 2030 and prioritise public services.
Economy, budget and taxes 26 positions
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Fund teaching recruitment by reallocating defence spending and renovation by redirecting business subsidies.
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Reshore industry to reduce the emissions embodied in imports.
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Mobilise €500 billion in investment through the Caisse des Dépôts and Bpifrance.
Education 31 positions
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Provide an immediate €5 billion for urgent lycée needs following assessments involving staff and pupils.
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Provide regions and departments with €25 billion in interest-free loans over five years for school renovation.
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Create 90,000 teaching posts from 2027 to 2031, equally split between primary and secondary, prioritising cover and disadvantaged schools.
Energy 56 positions
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Double stable low-carbon electricity production using nuclear power and renewables.
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The visual calls for energy nationalisation; legal scope, companies and implementation are not detailed in this item.
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The Fabien Roussel poster repeats the call for energy nationalisation without specifying scope or implementation; it is a second representation of the same message.
Environment 23 positions
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Target carbon neutrality by 2050 and the elimination of fossil fuels.
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Provide major local-government support for cooling public spaces and strengthen hospitals, schools and care homes for climate events; this passage cites a 2026 budget although the speech was published 26 August 2026.
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The PCF calls for a national adaptation plan with additional resources for local authorities, civil protection, hospitals, schools, care homes, the public forestry agency, research and public water services.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
Foreign trade 1 position
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Ban settlement-property promotion and imports from occupied territories.
Health —
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
Housing and planning 11 positions
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Install two million household heat pumps each year.
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Create a public energy-renovation service offering comprehensive home renovation with no out-of-pocket cost for low-income households.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
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Aim to renovate primary homes/commercial buildings to at least class C, with 900000 medium and 264000 deep renovations/year from 2032; prioritise whole-building work, eliminate ineffective work by 2030 and light work by the late 2030s, then taper activity to avoid a 2050 cliff. Energy balancing nevertheless uses class D as a precaution.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
Immigration, asylum and nationality —
Nothing found in the sources read — no passage identified on this subject in the sources reviewed; other sources may exist.
International affairs and Europe 19 positions
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Seek a diplomatic resolution to the war in Ukraine.
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Reject a federal-Europe direction.
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Sanction French nationals participating in settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
Justice and security 6 positions
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Hold a parliamentary inquiry into heatwave deaths, social causes and public failings.
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Increase fire-service staffing and equipment.
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Seek greater justice-system resources and a comprehensive framework law against sexual and sexist violence with €3 billion in funding.
Natural areas, water and territories 1 position
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Increase public forest ownership towards 40% through a purchase plan developed with the sector and restore ONF staffing for new responsibilities.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
Rights and freedoms 3 positions
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Allocate €3 billion to legislation tackling sexist and sexual violence.
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Defend high-school pupils' right to organise and demonstrate and reject collective repression of legitimate mobilisation while condemning violence.
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Provide resources against sexist and sexual violence, equal access to training/responsibilities/pay, and monitoring of women’s part-time work and domestic-task sharing.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
Science, digital and communications 14 positions
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Expand public/business research on dispatchable electricity margins, post-EPR nuclear technology, fast-neutron and small modular reactors, urban planning, farming and forestry.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
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Assess new digital technologies against social benefit and energy cost; exclude cryptocurrency mining and metaverses.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
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Invest heavily through government/industry in still-immature processes: inert aluminium anodes, high-temperature electric steam cracking and electrochemical silicon production; their maturation is acknowledged as necessary for the targets.
PCF consultation document of November 2023, not a 2027 programme
Social protection 2 positions
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Ensure no pension falls below the minimum wage.
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Introduce a student income, without amount, conditions or timetable specified in this leaflet.
State, institutions and administration 12 positions
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Increase the public-sector pay index by 30%, compensating hospitals and local authorities.
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Launch an emergency programme for hospitals, schools, transport, justice and security, with local resources for nearby services.
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Recruit public-service staff, make contract workers permanent and fund training from pre-recruitment.
PCF leaflet distributed by his campaign
Transport 24 positions
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Produce a million electric cars in France priced below €10,000.
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Organise public passenger and freight transport around a reunified SNCF and greatly expand rail and public transport.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
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Develop a French industry producing light, affordable electric vehicles, with no target price specified here.
French Communist Party statement (2026)
Work and employment 20 positions
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Raise the net minimum wage to €1,700 and immediately increase all wages by 5%.
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Index wages to prices.
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Advocate employee participation in company decisions and stable, skill-building, properly paid work throughout life; a speech-level policy direction without a detailed mechanism.
In the polls
All polls ›Tested in 33 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
- 1% First-round presidential voting intention (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle »)
- 3% 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 »)
- 2.5% 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 »)
- 2% First-round scenario with Gabriel Attal representing the centre bloc (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – G. Attal candidat du bloc central »)
- 2% 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 »)
- 2% First-round scenario with David Lisnard as the only right-wing candidate (« L’intention de vote au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – hypothèse D. Lisnard seul candidat de droite »)
Agenda
Full agenda ›Announced upcoming appearances
No appearance announced by name in the agendas read.
Events announced by their party or campaign
These announcements do not say the person takes part.
- Tuesday 3 November 2026
18:30The civil service: 80 years of history, a new century of gains (« FONCTION PUBLIQUE : 80 ANS D'HISTOIRE, UN NOUVEAU SIÈCLE DE CONQUÊTES »)
Sources read
16 pages and documents read, on 3 sites.
See the list
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/17965/attachments/original/1701250106/plan_climat_empreinte_2050_WEB_%281%2
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/43091/attachments/original/1786770938/CP_secheresse_2026.pdf
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44583/attachments/original/1791210341/tract_pompier.pdf?1791210341
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44585/attachments/original/1791210591/tract_service_public.pdf?1791210591
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44586/attachments/original/1791210673/tract_moblycee_6oct.pdf?1791210673
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44587/attachments/original/1791210768/tract_lycee.pdf?1791210768
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44589/attachments/original/1791211206/2026_affiche.pdf?1791211206
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44590/attachments/original/1791211290/affiche_energie_avenir.pdf?1791211290
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44609/attachments/original/1791282014/Plan_Jeunesse_2027-2032.pdf?179128201
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44676/attachments/original/1791443640/autocollant_energie.pdf?1791443640
- assets.nationbuilder.com/pcf/pages/44678/attachments/original/1791453175/autoc_armee_lycee.pdf?1791453175
- revue-progressistes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/4-page-plan-climat-pour-lecture-1.pdf
- pcf.fr/26_septembre
- pcf.fr/lettre_de_fabien_roussel_celles_et_ceux_qui_font_vivre_lecole
- pcf.fr/secheresse_adapter_agriculture_gestion_eau
- pcf.fr/ue_26_discours_fr
A mistake? Every fact links to its source; our method.
Cite this page
Source Civique, « Fabien Roussel », https://sourcecivique.fr/en/candidates/fabien-roussel/, accessed [date] (version of 2 November 2026).
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