candidate profile
Gabriel Attal
Renaissance. Declared candidacy since 22 May 2026.
Programme published: Mes chantiers capitaux (site attalpresident.fr).
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Proposals
Economic model claimed
Reduce public spending (€150bn of savings by 2032, two thirds on social spending, €15bn emergency brake) without tax increases; step up supply-side policy; raise the employment rate and productivity, notably through AI (€200bn plan), to push up wages.
« Nous allons agir sur trois leviers. […] D’abord en investissant dans la productivité et dans l’innovation. […] N’oublions jamais que c’est l’investissement, l’innovation et la productivité qui tirent les salaires vers le haut. Ensuite, nous ferons monter les salaires en renforçant encore nos efforts pour faire baisser le chômage. Nous allons amplifier la politique de l’offre. »
Translation by the editorsWe are going to act on three levers. […] First, by investing in productivity and in innovation. […] Let us never forget that it is investment, innovation and productivity that push wages up. Next, we will raise wages by stepping up our efforts still further to bring down unemployment. We are going to amplify supply-side policy.
attalpresident.fr, chantier « Travail & salaires » (page non datée).« Nous devons commencer par enrayer cette spirale de la dette. Pour cela, l’effort devra d’abord porter sur la dépense sociale, qui représente plus de la moitié des dépenses publiques en France. Réformer le modèle social pour inciter davantage à l’activité et réduire son coût budgétaire : c’est possible et d’autres pays l’ont fait en Europe. »
Translation by the editorsWe must begin by halting this debt spiral. To do so, the effort will first have to bear on social spending, which accounts for more than half of public spending in France. Reforming the social model to give greater incentives to work and reduce its budgetary cost: it is possible, and other countries in Europe have done it.
Programme, Dette de l'État.Il refuse d'alourdir la fiscalité et propose de financer les investissements d'avenir par des économies structurelles, notamment en s'attaquant aux dépenses d'arrêts maladie jugées hors de contrôle et en gelant les prestations sociales, y compris une partie des retraites.
Translation by the editorsHe refuses to increase the tax burden and proposes to finance investment for the future through structural savings, notably by tackling spending on sick leave, deemed out of control, and by freezing social benefits, including part of pensions.
attalpresident.fr, compte rendu de l’entretien aux Échos, 17 June 2026. Words of Gabriel Attal reported by this outlet: the text quoted is the article’s, not their exact words.« Relever notre taux d’emploi, c’est financer notre modèle social en allégeant la charge sur les épaules de chacun. »
Translation by the editorsRaising our employment rate means financing our social model while lightening the burden on everyone's shoulders.
attalpresident.fr, chantier « Travail & salaires » (page non datée).
Announced effects
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- Jobs created by the unemployment insurance reform« C’est pourquoi je porte une réforme de l’assurance chômage qui incite au travail et qui créerait 100 000 emplois supplémentaires. »
Translation by the editorsThat is why I am championing an unemployment insurance reform that encourages work and that would create 100,000 additional jobs.
attalpresident.fr, chantier « Travail & salaires » (page non datée).100,000 jobs - Savings from the same reform (period not specified)Ce dispositif s'accompagnera de réformes de fond immédiates, à commencer par la reprise de la réforme de l'assurance chômage initiée lorsqu'il était Premier ministre afin de remettre les Français en emploi et de générer 5 milliards d'euros d'économies.
Translation by the editorsThis scheme will be accompanied by immediate in-depth reforms, starting with resuming the unemployment insurance reform initiated when he was Prime Minister, in order to get French people back into work and generate 5 billion euros of savings.
Site de campagne, compte rendu de l'entretien au Parisien, 3 July 2026. Words of Gabriel Attal reported by this outlet: the text quoted is the article’s, not their exact words.5 €bn - AI productivity gains allowing 100,000 fewer public postsIl annonce un plan de départs volontaires combiné au non-remplacement d'une partie des fonctionnaires partant à la retraite, fixant un objectif de 100 000 postes supprimés dans l'État et les collectivités. […] Cette baisse des effectifs sera rendue possible par un déploiement massif de l'intelligence artificielle au sein des administrations pour maximiser leur productivité.
Translation by the editorsHe announces a voluntary departure plan combined with not replacing some of the civil servants who retire, setting a target of 100,000 posts cut in the State and local authorities. […] This reduction in headcount will be made possible by a massive deployment of artificial intelligence within administrations to maximise their productivity.
Site de campagne, compte rendu de l'entretien au Parisien, 3 July 2026. Words of Gabriel Attal reported by this outlet: the text quoted is the article’s, not their exact words.100,000 posts - Higher wages thanks to mastery of AI« La transformation de nos entreprises ne se fera pas sans la formation des salariés. Maîtriser les outils, maîtriser l'intelligence artificelle, ce sont des meilleurs salaires demain pour le Français. »
Translation by the editorsThe transformation of our companies will not happen without training employees. Mastering the tools, mastering artificial intelligence, means better wages tomorrow for the French.
Site de campagne, compte rendu de la visite au salon VivaTech, 18 June 2026. Words of Gabriel Attal.no amount
Recent interventions8
Recent interviews, op-eds and speeches with programmatic content, by the candidate or by associates. Quotes are copied word for word from the source.
Présidentielle : Attal présente son "pacte pour la jeunesse" et vise Mélenchon
Gabriel Attal
- Fewer pupils per class, thanks to demographic decline
« moins d’élèves par classe et plus de professeurs devant les élèves »
Translation by the editorsfewer pupils per class and more teachers in front of the pupils
Grid lever: Pupils per class, primary- School time reorganised: sport, culture and the arts from 3 pm
« véritable révolution du temps scolaire »
Translation by the editorsgenuine revolution in school time
Grid lever: School timetables- Parcoursup: more final exams, less continuous assessment
« davantage d'épreuves terminales pour fonder les dossiers et la sélection dans le supérieur »
Translation by the editorsmore final exams to underpin the applications and selection for higher education
Grid lever: Access to higher education
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Gabriel Attal dans Le Parisien : rassemblement, jeunesse et dette
Gabriel Attal
- Savings across all social spending
« Des économies sont nécessaires sur l’ensemble des dépenses sociales. Notre pays est suffisamment fracturé : n’opposons pas les générations. »
Translation by the editorsSavings are needed across all social spending. Our country is fractured enough: let us not set the generations against each other.
Grid lever: Announced savings
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Gabriel Attal sur CNEWS : « Il faut proposer aux Français un projet d’espoir »
Gabriel Attal
- Pensions: universal system with no legal retirement age, a share of funding
« On doit assumer qu’on est au bout d’un modèle, d’un système, et qu’on doit le changer. »
Translation by the editorsWe must accept that we are at the end of a model, of a system, and that we must change it.
Grid lever: Special pension schemes, points-based system- Juvenile criminal justice
« Si on veut des sanctions fortes, la justice pénale des mineurs doit évoluer. »
Translation by the editorsIf we want strong sanctions, juvenile criminal justice must change.
Grid lever: Juvenile justice
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Gabriel Attal veut libérer l’accès au logement et relancer le secteur du bâtiment
Gabriel Attal
- Opposition to any rise in labour costs
« Augmenter le coût du travail, c’est alourdir la facture pour les Français qui veulent rénover l’isolation de leur maison ou installer une pompe à chaleur. »
Translation by the editorsIncreasing labour costs means raising the bill for French people who want to renovate the insulation of their home or install a heat pump.
Grid lever: Reductions in social contributions on low wages
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Carburant : Attal soutient le gouvernement et développe deux plan "désendettement" et sortie des énergies fossiles
Gabriel Attal
- A debt reduction plan and a plan to exit fossil fuels
« deux plans, deux stratégies: un plan de désendettement et un plan pour sortir des énergies fossiles »
Translation by the editorstwo plans, two strategies: a debt reduction plan and a plan to exit fossil fuels
- All public finances back in balance in 2037
« retour à l'équilibre de l'ensemble des finances publiques en 2037 »
Translation by the editorsa return to balance of all public finances in 2037
Grid lever: Fiscal rules- Share of fossil fuels cut from 60% to 40%
« à court terme, diminuer notre part d'énergies fossiles de 60 % à 40 % »
Translation by the editorsin the short term, reduce our share of fossil fuels from 60% to 40%
- Electricity cheaper than the fossil fuels it replaces
« Notre objectif doit être que l'électricité, toutes taxes comprises, reste durablement plus avantageuse que l'énergie fossile qu'elle remplace »
Translation by the editorsOur goal must be that electricity, all taxes included, remains lastingly more advantageous than the fossil energy it replaces
Grid lever: Electricity prices, European market
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
See the 3 other interventions
Gabriel Attal sur France 2 : « Gérer l’urgence et préparer l’avenir »
Gabriel Attal
- Immigration: fewer entries, more geared to labour needs
« accueillir moins pour accueillir mieux »
Translation by the editorswelcome fewer in order to welcome better
Grid lever: Labour immigration and residence permits
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Gabriel Attal à Reims : bâtir les États-Unis d’Europe pour retrouver notre puissance
Gabriel Attal
- Prepare the « États-Unis d'Europe » [“United States of Europe”] with a core of willing countries
« Face à ce blocage, il n’y a que deux choix politiques possibles : le vieux cauchemar du Frexit ou un rêve nouveau, un rêve atteignable : préparer les États-Unis d’Europe. »
Translation by the editorsFaced with this blockage, there are only two possible political choices: the old nightmare of Frexit or a new dream, an achievable dream: preparing the United States of Europe.
Grid lever: Place in the European Union
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Dette publique, retraites, réindustrialisation… Ce qu'il faut retenir du premier débat des principaux candidats à la présidentielle, organisé par le Medef
Gabriel Attal
- Pensions: change the system, with funding
« il faut accepter de changer notre système de retraites »
Translation by the editorswe must accept changing our pension system
Grid lever: Special pension schemes, points-based system- Appeals against industrial projects limited by the Constitution
« modifier la Constitution pour fixer un seuil d'empilement des recours sur un projet »
Translation by the editorsamend the Constitution to set a threshold on the piling-up of appeals against a project
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Campaign
Schedule12
Upcoming
No announced event recorded to date.
The past 60 days
- First regional campaign rallyLyon, Amphithéâtre 3000, Cité internationale · rallySources: AFP (Sud Radio), 10 October 2026; LCP, 10 October 2026
- Broadcast discussion with upper secondary school pupilsLCI · broadcastSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 6 October 2026
- « 1000 bistrots » operation and « Face aux Français » programmeBourges (Cher) · visitSources: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 6 October 2026; Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 5 October 2026
- Discussions with pupils, teachers and education staffTours (Indre-et-Loire) and Blois (Loir-et-Cher) · visitSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 6 October 2026
- Guest on the morning showCNews and Europe 1 · broadcastSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 30 September 2026
See the 7 other past events
- Political « Grand Oral » before construction industry professionalsBatimat trade fair · eventSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 29 September 2026
- Guest on the morning showRTL · broadcastSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 25 September 2026
- Press conference: debt reduction plan and « plan Messmer 2 », with seven economistsParis · press conferenceSources: AFP (L'info durable), 23 September 2026; Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 23 September 2026
- Guest on the programme « Franc-jeu », then debate with Marion MaréchalFrance 2 · broadcastSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 20 September 2026
- Speech on EuropeReims (Marne) · rallySource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 17 September 2026
- Visit on agricultureMetz-Magny (Moselle), Terres de Jim · visitSource: Campagne de Gabriel Attal, 11 September 2026
- First debate between the presidential candidates, organised by the Medef (Rencontre des entrepreneurs de France), broadcast on LCIParis, Roland-Garros stadium · debateSource: franceinfo, 27 August 2026
Schedule as of 23 October 2026. Events that ended more than 60 days ago are no longer shown.
Career and transparency
Career
4 elected offices, 7 posts · current: MP for Hauts-de-Seine (10th constituency), 17th legislature; Municipal councillor of Vanves (Hauts-de-Seine), term resulting from the municipal elections of March 2026
Elected offices
- from 21 June 2017 to 16 November 2018MP for Hauts-de-Seine (10th constituency), 15th legislature; term ended on his appointment to the GovernmentSource: Assemblée nationale, 13 October 2026
- from 22 June 2022 to 22 July 2022MP for Hauts-de-Seine (10th constituency), 16th legislature; term ended on his appointment to the GovernmentSource: Assemblée nationale, 13 October 2026
- since 8 July 2024MP for Hauts-de-Seine (10th constituency), 17th legislatureSources: Assemblée nationale, 13 October 2026; Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr), 11 August 2026
- since 15 March 2026Municipal councillor of Vanves (Hauts-de-Seine), term resulting from the municipal elections of March 2026Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr), 11 August 2026
Posts
- from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and YouthSources: Présidence de la République, 16 October 2018; Présidence de la République, 6 July 2020
- from 6 July 2020 to 20 May 2022Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, Government spokespersonSources: Présidence de la République, 6 July 2020; Présidence de la République, 20 May 2022
- from 20 May 2022 to July 2023Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, responsible for Public AccountsSources: Présidence de la République, 20 May 2022; Présidence de la République, 21 July 2023
- from July 2023 to January 2024Minister of National Education and YouthSources: Présidence de la République, 21 July 2023; Présidence de la République, 9 January 2024
- from 9 January 2024 to 5 September 2024Prime Minister (until the appointment of Michel Barnier)Sources: Présidence de la République, 9 January 2024; Présidence de la République, 5 September 2024
- since 19 July 2024President of the Ensemble pour la République group in the National AssemblySource: Assemblée nationale, 13 October 2026
- since 8 December 2024Secretary-General of the Renaissance partySource: HATVP, 25 February 2025
Transparency
5 declarations to the HATVP
Declarations to the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP)
We link to the declarations published by the HATVP, without reproducing their content.
- 31 March 2026Declaration of substantial change in assets (publication at the prefecture forthcoming)MP for Hauts-de-Seine
- 24 January 2025Declaration of substantial change in interests and activitiesMP for Hauts-de-Seine
- 24 January 2025Declaration of substantial change in assets (available for consultation at the prefecture)MP for Hauts-de-Seine
- 9 September 2024Declaration of interests and activitiesMP for Hauts-de-Seine, 17th legislature
- 9 September 2024Declaration of assets (available for consultation at the prefecture)MP for Hauts-de-Seine, 17th legislature
Campaign accounts
Nothing recorded to date.
Justice
Nothing recorded to date.
Criminal proceedings in which the person is personally implicated, either ongoing or whose latest decision is less than ten years old, acquittals and dismissals (non-lieux) included. Each step rests on an official decision or statement, or on at least two reference media outlets citing the decision. No mere complaint, no suspicion, no investigative article without a decision.
Nothing recorded to date.