France presidential election polls 2027

Presidential election 18 Apr 2027, second round 2 May, in 6 months.

Marine Le Pen leads the polling average with 34.5%, 17.5 points ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Average

Updated 34 minutes ago

Marine Le Pen 34.5 +0.7

Jean-Luc Mélenchon 17.0 +0.2

Édouard Philippe 15.0 −1.1

Raphaël Glucksmann 13.2 +2.3

Gabriel Attal 8.7 −2.2

Bruno Retailleau 7.6 −0.6

Éric Zemmour 4.0 −0.2

Marine Tondelier 3.1 −0.6

Trend

Marine Le PenJean-Luc Mélenc…Édouard PhilippeRaphaël Glucksm…Gabriel AttalBruno Retailleau

Stances

Marine Le PenJean-Luc Mélenc…Édouard PhilippeRaphaël Glucksm…Gabriel AttalBruno Retailleau

Immigration

ExpandRestrictRemigration

Economy

Free marketState-directed

Christian identity

SecularChristian

Abortion

Broad accessProtect unborn life

Marriage & family

Individual choiceTraditional

National culture

CosmopolitanPreserve heritage

Subsidiarity

CentraliseDevolve

Technology

Light-touchRein in Big Tech

Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology

Why these scores

Immigration

Marine Le Pen: 6.5 of 10 Immigration referendum, asylum claims only from abroad, end family reunification and jus soli, national preference in benefits
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 1.5 of 10 Regularise undocumented workers, students and parents, restore full jus soli, local votes for foreigners, repeal asylum laws
Édouard Philippe: 5 of 10 Denounce the 1968 Algeria accord, annual safe-country list, migration quotas, restrict family immigration, expel foreign offenders
Raphaël Glucksmann: 2.5 of 10 Repeal the 2024 immigration law, European sea-rescue force, legal labour routes, multi-year permit as standard
Gabriel Attal: 4.5 of 10 Fewer migrants, tighter family reunification, Canadian-style points system, binding sector quotas set by Parliament
Bruno Retailleau: 6 of 10 End jus soli, restrict family reunification, re-criminalise irregular stay, replace AME, benefits after five years' work

Economy

Marine Le Pen: 5.5 of 10 Energy VAT cut to 5.5%, motorway renationalisation, €1,000 minimum pension, retire at 60 for long careers; privatise public broadcasting
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 8 of 10 14 income-tax brackets, Zucman 2% billionaire tax, €1,600 net minimum wage, retirement at 60, renationalise SNCF
Édouard Philippe: 3 of 10 €50bn production-tax cut in a pact with business, no new taxes for five years, constitutional deficit cap of 2%
Raphaël Glucksmann: 6 of 10 €1,600 net minimum wage, repeal 2023 pension reform, more progressive wealth taxation, Made-in-France public procurement
Gabriel Attal: 3 of 10 Lift overtime cap, unemployment-insurance tightening, social-spending freeze, universal pension with a funded component
Bruno Retailleau: 2.5 of 10 Cut €40bn of taxes on business, scrap 50 rules, longer working hours, fewer civil servants

Christian identity

Marine Le Pen: 4 of 10 Invokes France's Christian roots and defends town-hall nativity scenes; 2022 programme would ban the headscarf in public
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 0 of 10 Repeal the Alsace-Moselle concordat, bar officials from religious ceremonies, no public money for faith schools
Édouard Philippe: 3 of 10 Defends 1905 laïcité; voiced worry over Islamist proselytism and suggested specific rules for Muslim worship
Raphaël Glucksmann: 2 of 10 Secular republican; would bring Catholic-run state-contracted private schools into school catchment rules
Gabriel Attal: 2.5 of 10 Banned abayas in schools in 2023; proposed banning headscarves for under-15s in public, framed as laïcité
Bruno Retailleau: 5 of 10 Kept the Vendée council's nativity scene through court battles; backs banning headscarves in sports competitions

Abortion

Marine Le Pen: 3 of 10 Voted for the 2024 constitutional abortion guarantee; RN opposed extending the limit to 14 weeks in 2022
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 1 of 10 LFI's 2022 Panot bill began the constitutional abortion right; programme adds a right to bodily self-determination
Édouard Philippe: 2 of 10 Accepts current law including the 2024 constitutional guarantee; Horizons deputies voted for it
Raphaël Glucksmann: 1.5 of 10 Backs the constitutional abortion guarantee and voted to add abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Gabriel Attal: 1.5 of 10 As prime minister he steered abortion into the Constitution in March 2024
Bruno Retailleau: 4 of 10 Opposed the 2024 constitutional abortion guarantee as redundant; proposes no change to the 14-week law

Marriage & family

Marine Le Pen: 5.5 of 10 No longer seeks to repeal same-sex marriage; RN opposed PMA for all and surrogacy; pro-natal tax measures
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 0.5 of 10 Gender change by civil registrar without court, minors with one parent's consent; legal aid in dying
Édouard Philippe: 4 of 10 Now accepts PMA for all; full tax share from second child, zero-rate loan per birth
Raphaël Glucksmann: 1.5 of 10 Supports PMA for all and legal aid in dying; €1bn Spanish-style plan against sexist violence
Gabriel Attal: 2.5 of 10 Backs the aid-in-dying law; spokesman of the government that passed PMA for all; childcare savings passbook
Bruno Retailleau: 6.5 of 10 Opposed same-sex marriage, led Senate removal of PMA for all, opposes aid in dying; €240 monthly allowance per child

National culture

Marine Le Pen: 7.5 of 10 Naturalisation only on assimilation, French and history restored as school core, bans communitarian practices in public
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 1.5 of 10 Champions 'créolisation' of French society; easier naturalisation and local voting rights for foreigners
Édouard Philippe: 5 of 10 No heritage or language measures; integration through chosen migration quotas, expelling foreign offenders and school authority
Raphaël Glucksmann: 2.5 of 10 Civic, pro-European identity; local voting rights for non-EU foreigners and voting at 16
Gabriel Attal: 4 of 10 Migrant selection by points and French language; 'choc des savoirs' reform refocusing school on French and maths
Bruno Retailleau: 6.5 of 10 Would end jus soli and tie naturalisation to assimilation; campaigns against 'wokisme' in universities and Islamist 'entryism'

Subsidiarity

Marine Le Pen: 6.5 of 10 Primacy of French over EU law, cut EU contribution, leave EU electricity market; abolish regional CESER councils
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 5.5 of 10 Would disobey EU budget and posted-worker rules; scrap mega-regions and métropoles, restore communes; Corsica Article 74 status
Édouard Philippe: 3.5 of 10 Complete the EU single market and capital markets union; penal powers for mayors, school heads run their schools
Raphaël Glucksmann: 2 of 10 Treaty reform with majority voting in the European Council, €500bn common-debt EU defence fund
Gabriel Attal: 1.5 of 10 'United States of Europe' by referendum with a directly elected EU president and single capital market
Bruno Retailleau: 6 of 10 Voted against Maastricht and Lisbon, would sue the Commission for overreach; vocational schools to regions

Technology

Marine Le Pen: 5.5 of 10 RN voted for the 2026 under-15 social media ban; no detailed AI or platform programme
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 4.5 of 10 LFI alone opposed the 2026 under-15 social media ban and appealed it; wants platform neutrality and limits on generative AI
Édouard Philippe: 5 of 10 Horizons backed the 2026 under-15 social media ban; programme centres on sovereign European AI and a Buy European Tech Act
Raphaël Glucksmann: 6.5 of 10 Presses strict EU Digital Services Act enforcement against X and TikTok; compulsory algorithm-literacy lessons in schools
Gabriel Attal: 7 of 10 His group's bill banning social media for under-15s became law in July 2026; AI learning companion for every pupil
Bruno Retailleau: 6 of 10 LR backed the 2026 under-15 social media ban and the 2024 SREN law's pornography age checks

Second round

Le Pen RN 55.045.0 Philippe HOR

10 polls, latest 22 Oct

Le Pen RN 68.231.8 Mélenchon LFI

10 polls, latest 22 Oct

Le Pen RN 56.143.9 Glucksmann PP

8 polls, latest 22 Oct

Le Pen RN 55.844.2 Attal RE

4 polls, latest 19 Oct

Bardella RN 53.047.0 Philippe HOR

2 polls, latest 27 May

Bardella RN 57.043.0 Attal RE

1 poll, latest 27 May

Recent polls

Date	Pollster	Le Pen	Mélenchon	Philippe	Glucksma…
22 Oct	Ipsos+3 scenarios	33.5	17	13	13
22 Oct	OpinionWay	36	16	12	13
22 Oct	Cluster17+2 scenarios	33	18.5	16	13
21 Oct	Harris Interactive+4 scenarios	33	17	15	12
19 Oct	Ifop+7 scenarios	36	16.5	12	13.5
16 Oct	Elabe+5 scenarios	32.5	15	16.5	15.5
15 Oct	Cluster17+4 scenarios	31	18	17	11
15 Oct	YouGov+4 scenarios	36	15	10	12
14 Oct	OpinionWay+3 scenarios	35	15	12	13
14 Oct	Ifop+3 scenarios	32	16	13	11.5
8 Oct	Harris Interactive+4 scenarios	35	18	13	10
7 Oct	Odoxa+1 scenario	37	18	17	9.5
29 Sept	Ifop+9 scenarios	32	15	16	11
24 Sept	Harris Interactive+4 scenarios	35	17	13	10