Marine Tondelier has led Les Écologistes (formerly EELV) as national secretary since 2022 and was re-elected in 2025. She has been a regional councillor for Hauts-de-France since 2021. An opposition town councillor in Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais) from 2014, she ran against Marine Le Pen there three times in parliamentary elections. In 2024 she helped found the New Popular Front. She has never run for president before.
Party members chose her on 8 December 2025, with 86%, for a left-wing primary that never took place. She remains the party's candidate until members vote on 10-13 December 2026 between her bid and backing a candidate from another left-wing party. The Greens' platform (July 2026) calls for a food social security scheme, a 2% tax on fortunes above €100 million, restoring retirement at 62, a planned phase-out of nuclear power and a federal Europe.
Tondelier has a documented position on 46 of the 46 test questions, across 12 topics: 25 in favour, 0 in between and 21 against. Take the test to find out how well you match Tondelier.
Profile reviewed on 19/10/2026.
Marine Tondelier differs most from the other ten candidates on “Economy, taxes and debt”, with an average gap of 2.38 points: the candidate strongly agrees with a minimum tax on fortunes worth more than 100 million euros and with bringing back a wealth tax, and strongly disagrees with cutting public spending first rather than raising taxes and with reducing the number of public servants. “Energy, climate and farming” follows (2.25 points), where she strongly disagrees with building new nuclear reactors, strongly agrees with continuing to develop wind power, agrees with banning glyphosate and neonicotinoids and disagrees with scrapping low-emission zones (ZFE).
The third theme is “Society, secularism and regions” (2.2 points). She strongly agrees with keeping the 2026 law allowing assisted dying, strongly disagrees with banning girls under 18 from wearing the headscarf in public spaces, and is the only one of the eleven who strongly agrees that Corsica should be able to make its own rules in some areas. Together with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, she is the only one who disagrees with new nuclear reactors and the only one who agrees with legalising and regulating the sale of cannabis and with banning rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades at demonstrations.
She is closest to the rest on education (0.87 points), where she agrees with banning social media for children under 15 and with scrapping Parcoursup, followed by health (1.05 points), where she agrees with greatly increasing funding for public hospitals and with the State being able to require doctors to set up practice in areas that lack them, and “Foreign affairs and defence” (1.2 points).
Of her 46 positions, 25 are in favour, none is intermediate and 21 are against; 26 are at the extremes (1 or 5) and only one, for lack of a source, is estimated. Her highest match is with Raphaël Glucksmann (81%), her lowest with Éric Zemmour (31%).
4 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
There should be a minimum tax of 2% on fortunes worth more than 100 million euros.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme, which she champions, provides for a 2% Zucman tax on wealth above 100 million euros.
To reduce the deficit, public spending should be cut first, rather than raising taxes.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes an 'alternative strategy aiming at growth in tax revenue' to fund a high level of public services and the ecological transition.
The number of public servants should be reduced.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme creates many public posts: 9,000 judges and 10,000 court clerks over ten years, plus more teachers and hospital staff.
A wealth tax should be brought back.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes reinstating the wealth tax (ISF) with an added climate component, on top of the Zucman tax.
4 questions: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 3 against.
The legal retirement age should go back to 62 or lower.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes repealing the age of 64 'to return immediately to a minimum age of 62 and aim for retirement at 60'.
The legal retirement age should rise to 65.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to repeal the legal age of 64, return to 62 and aim for retirement at 60: the opposite of raising it to 65.
Part of pensions should be funded by invested savings (a funded pillar).
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme pledges to 'refuse any move towards a funded (capitalisation) pension system' and defends pay-as-you-go.
All pensions should rise at least in line with inflation.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes indexing pensions 'in a fair and differentiated way' and 'under-indexing the highest pensions': not all would keep pace with inflation.
5 questions: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
The minimum wage (SMIC) should be raised to at least 1,600 euros a month after deductions.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes raising the minimum wage to €2,000 gross a month from 2027; in 2024 her party signed the NFP programme, which called for €1,600 net.
The legal working week should stay at 35 hours.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme wants a 'new step in reducing working time': a 32-hour week with no loss of pay in arduous or night jobs. It does not propose lengthening the 35-hour week.
VAT on electricity, gas and motor fuel should be cut.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme cuts VAT on the electricity standing charge but seeks to remove tax breaks for fossil fuels: no cut for gas or motor fuels.
Unemployment benefits should be paid for a shorter time, to encourage people back into work.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme criticises the Macron reforms for cutting 'the duration and amounts of unemployment benefit' and proposes repealing them.
Rent controls should apply in all large cities.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes 'generalising, improving and making permanent' rent controls, covering all university towns.
Source: Programme des Écologistes « Pour une prospérité écologique », juillet 2026, chap. 2, mesure 1, p. 20.
2 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 0 against.
The State should be able to require doctors to set up practice in areas that lack them.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes 'regulating where private doctors set up' through a permit from the regional health agency, granted automatically in under-served areas.
Funding for public hospitals should be greatly increased, even if it costs the State more.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme plans more hiring and higher pay in public hospitals, moving their debt to the social-debt fund (CADES) and 2,000 new health centres.
6 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 4 against.
There should be a referendum on immigration.
Reasoning: In 2023, leaving a meeting of party leaders with President Macron, she said she felt 'immense satisfaction' that there would be no referendum on immigration.
Source: Déclaration rapportée par Europe 1, 17 novembre 2023.
Birthright citizenship (“droit du sol”) should be abolished.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'guarantee birthright citizenship for children born in France regardless of their parents' status' and to end the Mayotte exception.
Undocumented workers who have a job should be given legal status.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'regularise workers, students and parents of schoolchildren on the basis of objective criteria'.
Social housing and jobs should go to French citizens first.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme denounces the far right's 'avowed project of ranking citizens' and wants public services to be accessible 'without any nationality condition'.
Undocumented migrants should keep access to State medical aid (AME).
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to guarantee the fundamental rights of exiled people, including 'access to AME and PUMA' health cover and an end to waiting periods.
Family reunification should be suspended.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'make the right to family reunification effective' and to repeal Emmanuel Macron's asylum and immigration laws.
4 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to repeal the 2017 law on police use of firearms so that the 'absolute necessity' test applies; her party's group voted against the presumption of self-defence.
Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme calls 'tougher prison policies' a 'failure' and wants prison to remain 'the exception'; it does not mention mandatory minimum sentences.
The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'legalise and regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis', distributed by non-profit outlets.
Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'ban defensive bullet launchers (LBD40) and mutilating grenades' and to disband BRAV-M-type units.
3 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 1 against.
Social media should be banned for children under 15.
Reasoning: In 2026 her party's group in the National Assembly voted for the law protecting minors from social media; her party's programme seeks to regulate platforms 'to limit their addictiveness'.
Source: Vote du groupe Écologiste et Social à l’Assemblée nationale, scrutin n° 8431, 21 juillet 2026.
School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school.
Parcoursup should be scrapped.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes replacing 'ParcourSup and MonMaster with a real guidance platform', without cover letters or any mention of the applicant's school.
4 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
France should build new nuclear reactors.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'plan the exit from nuclear power' and to 'end the extremely costly new EPR-2 and SMR programmes'.
Source: Programme des Écologistes « Pour une prospérité écologique », juillet 2026, chap. 1, mesure 7, p. 17.
Wind power should continue to be developed.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to back the 'offshore and onshore wind farm' industries and raise renewables to 44% of electricity consumption by 2030.
Low-emission zones (ZFE) in large cities should be scrapped.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'improve air quality by changing the conditions of the low-emission zones', with transport alternatives, help to change vehicles and exemptions.
Glyphosate and neonicotinoids should be banned.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'prevent any attempt to reintroduce neonicotinoids' and to phase out synthetic pesticides by 2050; her party's group voted against the Duplomb law.
Source: Programme des Écologistes « Pour une prospérité écologique », juillet 2026, chap. 5, mesure 1, p. 29.
3 questions: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
French law should take precedence over European law.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes a 'European federal leap' and sharing more powers with the EU: it does not seek to put French law above EU law.
The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'replace national vetoes with qualified majority voting', including on tax and foreign and security policy.
France should leave the European Union.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme backs a federal Europe and states that 'never have we needed Europe so much': it rejects leaving the EU.
5 questions: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
France should continue to give military aid to Ukraine.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'support Ukraine militarily': equipment 'including long-range strike capabilities', air defence and training of its forces.
France should leave NATO’s integrated military command.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks a European defence independent of the US, but says 'we cannot do without the Atlantic Alliance in the short term'.
France should offer to extend its nuclear deterrent to its European partners.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'consider extending France's nuclear security guarantee to other European countries', with France keeping the decision to use it.
There should be compulsory national service for all young people.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme criticises the 'security-driven supervision' of a 'universal civic service' and wants more voluntary civic service placements instead.
France should increase its military spending.
Reasoning: In 2025 she shared the goal of raising the defence budget, funded through 'national solidarity'; her party's 2026 programme expands capabilities, though its group voted against the 2026 military law update.
3 questions: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 0 against.
Members of the National Assembly should be elected by proportional representation.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes 'full proportional representation with no majority bonus in parliamentary elections', with regional constituencies.
There should be a citizens’ initiative referendum (RIC).
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes 'introducing the citizens' initiative referendum (RIC)', to propose or repeal laws, subject to prior constitutional review.
A constituent assembly should be called to create a Sixth Republic.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme proposes to 'convene a constituent process' to 'abolish the presidential monarchy' and move to a 'First Ecological and Citizens' Republic'.
3 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 1 against.
The 2026 law allowing assisted dying should be kept.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme seeks to 'establish a right to die with dignity' and legalise active assisted dying; her party's group voted for the law in July 2026.
Corsica should be able to make its own rules in some areas.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme backs 'differentiated federalism', regulatory powers for local authorities and a new status for Corsica; her party's group voted for the reform.
Girls under 18 should not be allowed to wear the headscarf in public spaces.
Reasoning: Her party's 2026 programme states that secularism requires neutrality from public services, 'not from their users or residents', and that religious dress must be respected.
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