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Education and youth: what each candidate thinks

By Fadrique Garcia Font · Reviewed on 19/10/2026

Banning social media for under-15s, school uniform in primary and lower secondary school, and the future of Parcoursup.

3 questions, 33 candidate positions and 1 complete disagreement (how they are assigned).

What each candidate proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their programmes, statements and the votes of their party’s group. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Attal

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

Disagrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

In between: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Dupont-Aignan

Agrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Disagrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

In between: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

Glucksmann

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

Disagrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

In between: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Le Pen

Agrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Disagrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

In between: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

Lisnard

Agrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

In between: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”; “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Mélenchon

Agrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Disagrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”; “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Philippe

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

In between: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”; “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Retailleau

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”; “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Disagrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Roussel

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”; “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Disagrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Tondelier

Agrees: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”; “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

Disagrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Zemmour

Agrees: “School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school”

Disagrees: “Parcoursup should be scrapped”

In between: “Social media should be banned for children under 15”

Social media should be banned for children under 15.

In July 2026 the National Assembly passed a law providing for this ban. Critics question how effective it is and how age would be checked.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 6 in favour, 4 in between and 1 against.

School uniform should be compulsory in primary and lower secondary school.

A trial of a single school outfit has been running since 2024 in schools that opted in.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 4 in favour, 3 in between and 4 against.

Parcoursup should be scrapped.

Since 2018 Parcoursup has been the national platform that handles admission to higher education after the baccalauréat.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 4 in favour, 2 in between and 5 against.

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