Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Social protection
14 documented positions: from their programme first, then their campaign, their party and earlier texts.
2027 programme or campaign document : 5 · Campaign proposal or statement : 9
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Index pensions, family allowances and housing aid to prices, with a 10% increase.
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Move towards an autonomy guarantee so no young person studying or training lives below the poverty threshold, set at €1,337 in the document.
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Add €2 billion to combating violence against children.
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Repeal the increase in retirement age to 64, then return to age sixty with forty contribution years during the term.
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Guarantee a pension at least equal to the minimum wage after a full career.
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The campaign puts at €8bn the 10% increase and the indexing of pensions, family allowances and housing aid.
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Allocate €9.5 billion to move immediately towards an autonomy income for young people in study/training up to the stated €1,337 monthly threshold.
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Cost immediate repeal of the retirement-age rise to 64 at €9 billion and reversal of unemployment-insurance reforms from 2027 at €3 billion; retirement at 60 with 40 contribution years remains the term-wide objective.
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Expand free social spaces and launch a rural plan against isolation among older or dependent people, with home visits and neighbourhood support.
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Support nonprofit cafés, intergenerational spaces and mobile gathering initiatives in municipalities without social spaces, especially for young people.
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Create or renovate youth spaces with dedicated staff and hours suited to weekends and school holidays.
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Use national association funding to train young people, recognise their skills and support their access to volunteer leadership.
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Create a public early-childhood service suited to rural workers' hours and constraints.
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Guarantee young people independently taxed from their parents an autonomy income at least equal to the stated poverty threshold of €1,337 for a single person.
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