candidate profile
David Lisnard
Nouvelle Énergie. Declared candidacy since March 2026.
Programme published: Le programme de David Lisnard (site de Nouvelle Énergie).
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Proposals
Economic model claimed
Cut spending by at least €200bn (€80bn in the first year) before any cut in levies, then return €120bn to working people through lower contributions (« cotiser moins pour gagner plus » [“contribute less to earn more”]), €40bn to businesses in production taxes, €40bn to debt reduction.
« L’idée, c’est de rendre 60 % en pouvoir d’achat direct, c’est-à-dire cotiser moins pour gagner plus. »
Translation by the editorsThe idea is to return 60% as direct purchasing power, that is to say, contribute less to earn more.
BFMTV (compte rendu publié par Nouvelle Énergie), 8 September 2026. Words of David Lisnard.« Sur 100 euros économisés, 60 reviennent à ceux qui travaillent, 20 baissent les impôts de production, 20 réduisent la dette ou modernisent l’État. C’est une règle simple, vérifiable, et qui engage : elle interdit que les économies servent à financer de nouvelles dépenses. »
Translation by the editorsOut of 100 euros saved, 60 go back to those who work, 20 lower production taxes, 20 reduce the debt or modernise the State. It is a simple, verifiable and binding rule: it prohibits savings from being used to fund new spending.
Nouvelle Énergie, FAQ du programme, « Que ferait David Lisnard des 200 milliards d’économies annoncés ? ».« Toujours après la baisse de la dépense, jamais avant : David Lisnard refuse la baisse d’impôt financée par la dette. »
Translation by the editorsAlways after the cut in spending, never before: David Lisnard rejects tax cuts financed by debt.
Nouvelle Énergie, FAQ du programme, « David Lisnard veut-il baisser les impôts ? ».« Si on veut qu’il y ait des locataires, il faut qu’il y ait des propriétaires. Si on veut qu’il y ait des salariés, il faut qu’il y ait des entreprises. Si on veut que l’on ait du revenu, il faut qu’il y ait de la production. »
Translation by the editorsIf we want there to be tenants, there must be landlords. If we want there to be employees, there must be businesses. If we want there to be income, there must be production.
BFMTV (compte rendu publié par Nouvelle Énergie), 8 September 2026. Words of David Lisnard.
Announced effects
Effects announced by the candidate, not checked by the editors. They are not added to any amount on the site.
- About €400 net more per month per employee« Sur 200 milliards d’euros d’économies budgétaires, 120 milliards seraient rendus aux actifs en salaire net, soit environ 400 euros de plus par mois et par salarié, sans augmenter le coût du travail. »
Translation by the editorsOut of 200 billion euros of budget savings, 120 billion would be returned to working people as net pay, i.e. about 400 euros more per month per employee, without increasing labour costs.
Nouvelle Énergie, FAQ du programme, « Que propose David Lisnard pour le pouvoir d’achat ? ».400 € net per month per employee - More than 10% extra net pay« cent vingt milliards de gains de pouvoir d’achat, plus de dix pour cent de salaire net par mois »
Translation by the editorsone hundred and twenty billion in purchasing power gains, more than ten per cent of net pay per month
Cercle ETHIC, cité par Nouvelle Énergie, 30 June 2026. Words of David Lisnard.10 % of net pay - Higher potential growth« réduire structurellement la dépense publique, libérer l'investissement et la production et augmenter notre croissance potentielle »
Translation by the editorsstructurally reduce public spending, free up investment and production and increase our potential growth
Publication de David Lisnard, citée par Nouvelle Énergie, 11 September 2026. Words of David Lisnard.no amount - Wages, prices and employment through lower taxes on large companies« L’impôt qu’elles acquittent se répercute sur les salaires qu’il baisse, les prix qu’il augmente et l’emploi de tous les Français qu’il détruit. »
Translation by the editorsThe tax they pay is passed on to wages, which it lowers, to prices, which it raises, and to the jobs of all French people, which it destroys.
Tribune « Changer de logiciel fiscal », Atlantico (reprise sur unenouvelleenergie.fr), 16 April 2026. Words of David Lisnard.no amount - €40bn of debt reduction« Baisser la dépense, jamais augmenter l’impôt : 80 milliards d’euros dès la première année, au moins 200 milliards en trajectoire, dont 40 affectés au désendettement. »
Translation by the editorsCut spending, never raise taxes: 80 billion euros in the first year, at least 200 billion over the trajectory, 40 of which allocated to debt reduction.
Nouvelle Énergie, FAQ du programme, « Que propose David Lisnard face à la dette publique ? ».40 €bn
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.
David Lisnard sur CNews : «Je veux être le mouvement de ceux qui veulent s’en sortir»
David Lisnard
- School: critical reasoning and mastery of digital tools
« Apprendre à nos enfants la raison critique, à être indépendants, à maîtriser les algorithmes, à être augmentés par l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle et pas être écrasés par le poids de l’IA. »
Translation by the editorsTeach our children critical reasoning, to be independent, to master algorithms, to be augmented by the use of artificial intelligence and not be crushed by the weight of AI.
- Public order during secondary school pupils' protests
« Il faut être très, très ferme, beaucoup plus dur contre les voyous »
Translation by the editorsWe must be very, very firm, much tougher on thugs
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
«Il faut vite remettre de l’ordre au service de la liberté»
David Lisnard
- Dissolution of the Syndicat de la magistrature (judges' union)
« Oui au droit à la syndicalisation dans la magistrature, mais pas à des syndicats politiques. »
Translation by the editorsYes to the right to unionise in the judiciary, but not to political unions.
- Justice resources deemed insufficient
« On a une justice qui s’est clochardisée depuis une quarantaine d’années »
Translation by the editorsWe have a justice system that has been reduced to destitution over the past forty years or so
Grid lever: Resources for the justice system- Early intervention by law enforcement in demonstrations
« Plus on intervient tôt pour extraire les individus délinquants, voyous, de manifestations, quelles qu’elles soient, mieux on règle le problème. »
Translation by the editorsThe earlier we intervene to remove delinquent individuals, thugs, from demonstrations, whatever they may be, the better we solve the problem.
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
David Lisnard aux Assises de l’AFER : « Être propriétaire, c’est être libre et responsable »
David Lisnard
- Pensions: compulsory funded scheme alongside pay-as-you-go
« Je cotise pour moi, avec des systèmes qui me permettent d’être propriétaire du fruit de mon travail. C’est pour ça que je propose un système de capitalisme populaire. »
Translation by the editorsI contribute for myself, with systems that allow me to own the fruit of my labour. That is why I am proposing a system of popular capitalism.
Grid lever: Funded share- No increase in the taxation of savings
« Arrêtons d’imposer l’impôt sur l’impôt. Ça ne marche pas. »
Translation by the editorsLet us stop levying tax on tax. It does not work.
- Reform of the State before any increase in levies
« L’optimisation de l’État, la modernisation de l’État, c’est la mère des réformes. »
Translation by the editorsOptimising the State, modernising the State, is the mother of all reforms.
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
À Benfeld, David Lisnard appelle à « libérer le pays » devant plus de 1 200 personnes
David Lisnard
- Decentralisation and differentiated organisation of territories
« On a confondu en France l’unité et l’uniformité »
Translation by the editorsIn France, we have confused unity with uniformity
- Programme to reform public action
« déréguler, débureaucratiser, décentraliser »
Translation by the editorsderegulate, debureaucratise, decentralise
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
David Lisnard sur LCI : « On ne rafistole pas le Titanic, c’est le système qu’il faut revoir »
David Lisnard
- Fuel taxes
« Payer 60 % de taxes sur un litre de carburant, c’est scandaleux. »
Translation by the editorsPaying 60% in taxes on a litre of fuel is scandalous.
Grid lever: Taxes on fuel and energy- No debt-financed cut in VAT on fuel
« Baisser la fiscalité, c’est nécessaire, mais tous ceux qui vous disent tout de suite “baisser la TVA sur le carburant” vous mentent, parce qu’ils font payer, dans ce cas-là, de la dette dans l’immédiat. Donc ils font payer leur plein par leurs enfants ou leurs petits-enfants. »
Translation by the editorsLowering taxation is necessary, but all those who tell you straight away ‘lower VAT on fuel’ are lying to you, because in that case they are making people pay with debt right now. So they are making their children or their grandchildren pay for their fill-up.
Grid lever: Taxes on fuel and energy- Fishing: same rules in France, Spain and Italy
« On ne doit pas avoir des différences de règles et d’applications entre l’Espagne, l’Italie et la France. »
Translation by the editorsWe must not have differences in rules and in their application between Spain, Italy and France.
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
See the 3 other interventions
«Lettre aux idéologues qui ont sacrifié l'école française»
David Lisnard
- Freedom for schools and free choice of school by families
« Nous rendrons aux professeurs leur prestige, aux établissements la liberté d’agir et aux familles la liberté de choisir. »
Translation by the editorsWe will restore prestige to teachers, freedom to act to schools and freedom to choose to families.
- Questioning the collège unique (single lower secondary school model)
« Le collège unique fut la traduction de cette faute. »
Translation by the editorsThe collège unique (single lower secondary school) was the expression of this mistake.
Grid lever: Ability groups, organisation of lower secondary school
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
David Lisnard sur BFMTV : « Il faut une rupture franche et forte pour redresser la France »
David Lisnard
- Savings: 60% returned as lower levies
« L’idée, c’est de rendre 60 % en pouvoir d’achat direct, c’est-à-dire cotiser moins pour gagner plus. »
Translation by the editorsThe idea is to return 60% as direct purchasing power, that is to say, contribute less to earn more.
Grid lever: Announced savings- Fewer administrative jobs, better-paid frontline staff
« Si vous voulez des infirmières et des infirmiers mieux payés, si vous voulez des policiers nationaux la nuit après une heure du matin, si vous voulez des gardiens de prison respectés, si vous voulez des greffiers, si vous voulez les enseignants bien payés, il faut qu’il y ait moins de bureaucrates. »
Translation by the editorsIf you want better-paid nurses, if you want national police officers at night after one in the morning, if you want respected prison officers, if you want court clerks, if you want teachers to be well paid, there have to be fewer bureaucrats.
Grid lever: Numbers and pay of civil servants- Choice of school, of teachers' status and of methods
« Laissons aux Français le choix de l’école de leurs enfants, laissons aux enseignants le choix de leur statut, laissons au chef d’établissement le choix des méthodes. »
Translation by the editorsLet us leave the French the choice of their children's school, let us leave teachers the choice of their status, let us leave the head of the school the choice of methods.
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Présidentielle 2027 : David Lisnard veut «rétablir le délit de séjour illégal en France»
David Lisnard
- Reinstatement of the offence of illegal residence
« Il est une évidence qu’on doit rétablir le délit de séjour illégal en France. Ce délit a été abrogé en 2012. C’est absurde »
Translation by the editorsIt is obvious that we must reinstate the offence of illegal residence in France. This offence was repealed in 2012. It is absurd
- Constitutional revision to set immigration quotas
« Il est évident qu’il faut revoir la Constitution pour sortir de l’étau des jurisprudences européennes pour pouvoir déterminer, comme plein de démocraties, des quotas, pour savoir qui on accueille »
Translation by the editorsIt is obvious that we must revise the Constitution to escape the grip of European case law so that we can set, like plenty of democracies, quotas, to decide whom we take in
Grid lever: Labour immigration and residence permits- Processing centres outside the European borders
« Il est évident aussi que l’on doit faire des centres de traitements des visas de rétention à l’extérieur des frontières européennes »
Translation by the editorsIt is also obvious that we must set up processing centres for retention visas outside the European borders
Quotes checked on 13 October 2026.
Campaign
Schedule13
Upcoming
- Publication of the book « Les robots, le Pape, l’IA et nous », co-written with Romain MarsilyÉditions Fayard · eventSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 13 October 2026
- Election to the presidency of the Association des maires de France (mayors' association): David Lisnard, outgoing president, standing against Philippe LaurentCongress of the Mayors of France (electronic vote) · eventSource: Maire-info (Association des maires de France), 14 September 2026
The past 60 days
- Visit to the Sommet de l'élevage (livestock fair), meeting with farming organisationsCournon-d'Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme) · visitSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 9 October 2026
- Guest of Laurence Ferrari on « Punchline »CNews · broadcastSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 9 October 2026
- Guest on « Face à Thierry Cabannes »CNews · broadcastSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 5 October 2026
- Candidates' « Grand oral » (hearing) at the 10th Assises of the Association française d'épargne et de retraite (AFER)Paris, salle Gaveau · eventSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 2 October 2026
- Campaign rally, after a company visit in SélestatBenfeld (Bas-Rhin) · rallySources: CNews, 25 September 2026; Nouvelle Énergie, 2 October 2026
See the 6 other past events
- Interview on the fishing crisis and fuel pricesLCI · broadcastSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 18 September 2026
- Guest on the 7h30 programme, interviewed by Alix Bouilhaguetfranceinfo · broadcastSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 17 September 2026
- Guest of Sonia MabroukBFMTV · broadcastSource: Nouvelle Énergie, 9 September 2026
- Interview on immigrationCNews · broadcastSource: Le Figaro, 3 September 2026
- Visit to the 80th Foire de ChâlonsChâlons-en-Champagne (Marne) · visitSource: Le Figaro (AFP), 2 September 2026
- Nouvelle Énergie's back-to-school campus (« Campus de la Gagne ») and speech for the start of the political season, on 29 AugustCannes (Alpes-Maritimes), Saint-Cassien hill · rallySources: Le Figaro, 29 August 2026; Nouvelle Énergie, 13 October 2026; CNews, 20 September 2026
Schedule as of 23 October 2026. Events that ended more than 60 days ago are no longer shown.
Career and transparency
Career
8 elected offices, 2 posts, 1 qualification, 3 occupations · current: Mayor of Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), re-elected in 2026; Departmental councillor of Alpes-Maritimes (canton of Cannes-2), 3rd vice-president of the departmental council; President of the communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins, re-elected in 2026
Elected offices
- from 5 April 2014 to 23 May 2020Mayor of Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes)Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr, Internet Archive), 14 January 2020
- from 23 May 2020 to 21 March 2026Mayor of Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), re-elected in 2020Sources: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr, Internet Archive), 30 July 2024; HATVP, 13 June 2024
- since 21 March 2026Mayor of Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), re-elected in 2026Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr), 11 August 2026
- from 2 April 2015 to 1 July 2021Departmental councillor of Alpes-Maritimes (canton of Cannes-2), vice-president of the departmental councilSource: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr, Internet Archive), 14 January 2020
- since 1 July 2021Departmental councillor of Alpes-Maritimes (canton of Cannes-2), 3rd vice-president of the departmental councilSources: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr), 11 August 2026; HATVP, 13 October 2026
- from 20 July 2017 to 17 July 2020President of the communauté d'agglomération (inter-municipal authority) Cannes Pays de LérinsSource: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr, Internet Archive), 14 January 2020
- from 17 July 2020 to 3 April 2026President of the communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins, re-elected in 2020Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr, Internet Archive), 30 November 2023
- since 3 April 2026President of the communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins, re-elected in 2026Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (data.gouv.fr), 11 August 2026
Posts
- since 17 November 2021President of the Association des maires de France (elected on 17 November 2021, re-elected on 22 November 2023; standing for re-election in November 2026)Sources: Public Sénat, 17 November 2021; HATVP, 13 June 2024; Maire-info (Association des maires de France), 14 September 2026
- President of Nouvelle Énergie, the party he founded (launched nationally on 9 June 2021)Sources: Le Figaro, 9 June 2021; Nouvelle Énergie, 13 October 2026
Education
- 1992Graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de BordeauxSource: Nouvelle Énergie (biographie publiée par le parti), 13 October 2026
Occupation
- from 1996 to 1999Chief of staff and parliamentary assistant to Jacques Pélissard, MP and mayor of Lons-le-SaunierSource: Nouvelle Énergie (biographie publiée par le parti), 13 October 2026
- since 2008President of Service Public 2000, a consultancy and audit firm for local authorities (four years according to his biography)Source: Nouvelle Énergie (biographie publiée par le parti), 13 October 2026
- from January 2015 to November 2016Co-manager of SARL Les P'tits Durs (company dissolved on 30 November 2016)Source: HATVP, 13 June 2024
Transparency
7 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.
- 13 June 2024Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 25 April 2024Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 18 April 2024Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 13 December 2023Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 27 September 2022Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 6 December 2021Declaration of substantial change in interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
- 28 July 2021Declaration of interestsVice-president of the Alpes-Maritimes departmental council
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.