HelpElectbeta
La France Insoumise symbol

La France Insoumise

LFI · est. 2016

Ideology · per established references

Positions by topic

Summaries are AI-written from the quotes beneath them, then human-reviewed. Original-language quotes lead; translations follow.

REVIEWED

Agriculture

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

The party's manifesto proposes banning dangerous pesticides, including glyphosate and neonicotinoids, and planning a reduction in the use of fertilizers. Additionally, the party pledges to ban factory farms and prohibit practices it identifies as cruel to animals, such as the grinding of live chicks.

2 Supports 1 Opposes
REVIEWED

Climate & Environment

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

La France Insoumise proposes a transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050, which includes phasing out nuclear power and halting new plant projects. The party's platform includes a constitutional 'green rule' to limit resource consumption and an increased emission reduction target of 65% by 2030. Additionally, the manifesto pledges an annual investment of 50 billion euros for the ecological shift, the renovation of 700,000 homes per year, and international protections for the deep sea and polar regions.

9 Supports
Show 6 more quotes
REVIEWED

Defense & Security

2022-presidentielle · confidence medium

The party pledges to withdraw from NATO's integrated command and eventually exit the organization entirely. The manifesto proposes maintaining an autonomous defense to ensure an independent and alter-globalist voice on the international stage. This strategy is presented as a means to act in the interest of the human race.

2 Supports
REVIEWED

Economy

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

The party's platform proposes a more progressive tax system through 14 income tax brackets, a restored wealth tax, and a corporate tax structure that favors investment over dividends. The manifesto pledges to renationalize highways, establish public monopolies in strategic sectors, and relocate essential production while providing debt relief for small businesses. Furthermore, the party advocates for reforming national debt by bypassing financial markets and converting debt held by the European Central Bank into perpetual zero-interest debt.

28 Supports
Show 25 more quotes
REVIEWED

Education

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

La France Insoumise pledges to ensure entirely free education and university by covering costs for canteens, transport, textbooks, and supplies. The party proposes increasing teacher salaries through salary scale upgrades and addressing the index point freeze. Additionally, the manifesto advocates for restoring the vocational baccalaureate to a four-year duration, abolishing the Parcoursup system, and repairing the secular school system.

5 Supports
Show 2 more quotes
REVIEWED

Employment & Labour

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

La France Insoumise pledges to raise the minimum wage to 1,400 euros net, restore the 35-hour workweek, and return the retirement age to 60. The party's platform proposes creating one million public service jobs and a job guarantee for the long-term unemployed, while banning economic layoffs for companies that receive state aid or pay dividends. Furthermore, the manifesto outlines plans to limit internal salary ratios to 1 to 20 and increase penalties for companies failing to provide equal pay.

12 Supports
Show 9 more quotes
REVIEWED

Foreign Policy

2022-presidentielle · confidence medium

The party's platform proposes the creation of an international treaty to ensure the demilitarization of space and prevent the appropriation of space resources. Additionally, the candidate advocates for an extraordinary European conference to address security and border issues in response to the threat of widespread war.

2 Supports
REVIEWED

Governance & Institutions

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

La France Insoumise proposes a transition to a new constitutional framework by convening a constituent assembly of citizens to draft a constitution for a stable parliamentary system with proportional representation. The party's platform includes the creation of a Citizens' Initiative Referendum (RIC), lowering the voting age to 16, and making voting compulsory while recognizing blank votes. Furthermore, the manifesto pledges to reform the police and judiciary by dismantling anti-crime brigades, banning specific weapons, and recruiting more civil servants to reduce court delays.

10 Supports
Show 7 more quotes
REVIEWED

Healthcare

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

La France Insoumise pledges to reimburse 100% of prescribed care through social security, integrating mutual insurance companies into health insurance. The party also proposes creating a public medicine hub to combat drug shortages and relocate production. Additionally, they aim to rebuild the public hospital system, asserting that healthcare is not a commodity.

4 Supports
Show 1 more quote
REVIEWED

Immigration

2022-presidentielle · confidence low

In its 2022 presidential program, La France Insoumise pledges to repeal the existing asylum and immigration law. This objective is presented as a core policy position within the party's manifesto, 'L'Avenir en commun'.

1 Supports
REVIEWED

Social Issues

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

The party's platform proposes making vital quantities of water and energy free of charge while banning utility shut-offs and evictions without rehousing. The manifesto pledges to establish an autonomy guarantee of €1,063 for individuals and young people, restore the right to retirement at age 60, and increase disability allowances to the minimum wage level. Furthermore, the party advocates for legalizing cannabis under state control, expanding free public childcare, and investing one billion euros to address gender inequality and femicides.

13 Supports
Show 10 more quotes
REVIEWED

Technology & Digital

2022-presidentielle · confidence high

The party proposes bringing digital and telecommunications infrastructure under public control, which includes reversing the privatization of Arianespace and strengthening the National Center for Space Studies. The manifesto pledges to guarantee fiber coverage for the entire country by 2025. Additionally, the party advocates for establishing a right to minimal free Internet access.

4 Supports
Show 1 more quote

Promises made — and what happened

A pledge is only as good as its outcome. Each row below is checked against independent sources — never the party's own manifesto — and reviewed by an editor before it's shown.

Not yet tracked.

Checking a promise against reality takes independent reporting, not just a manifesto — this is curated by hand and grows slower than the position pages above.

Track record

How LFI has performed at the ballot box. Figures from established references — each row links its source.

Présidentielle 2017 · Jean-Luc Mélenchon
19.58% first-round vote · source ↗
Présidentielle 2022 · Jean-Luc Mélenchon
21.95% first-round vote · source ↗
Législatives 2022
75/577 seats · 25.66% votes · source ↗

within the NUPES alliance

Recent activity

The 6 most recent reviewed statements. The full evidence for each topic is inside its position above.

Primary sources