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Europe: what each candidate thinks

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

Whether French law should take precedence over European law, EU decisions by majority without a national veto, and leaving the European Union.

3 questions, 33 candidate positions and 2 complete disagreements (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: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”

Disagrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”; “France should leave the European Union”

Dupont-Aignan

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”; “France should leave the European Union”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”

Glucksmann

Agrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”

Disagrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”; “France should leave the European Union”

Le Pen

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

Lisnard

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

Mélenchon

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

Philippe

Disagrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”; “France should leave the European Union”

In between: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”

Retailleau

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

In between: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Roussel

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

Tondelier

Agrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”

Disagrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”; “France should leave the European Union”

Zemmour

Agrees: “French law should take precedence over European law”

Disagrees: “The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country”; “France should leave the European Union”

French law should take precedence over European law.

Under Article 55 of the Constitution, treaties, including European law, have authority over French laws.

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

The European Union should take more decisions by majority, without a veto for each country.

In several areas, such as foreign policy and taxation, EU decisions require unanimity: each member state can block them.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 3 in favour, 1 in between and 7 against.

France should leave the European Union.

France is a founding member of the European project. A country can leave the Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 10 against.

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