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Security and justice: what each candidate thinks

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

A presumption of self-defence for police officers and gendarmes, minimum sentences for repeat offenders, legalising cannabis, and rubber-bullet launchers and grenades at demonstrations.

4 questions, 44 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: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

In between: “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Dupont-Aignan

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Glucksmann

Disagrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

In between: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Le Pen

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Lisnard

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Mélenchon

Agrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Disagrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Philippe

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Retailleau

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Roussel

Disagrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

In between: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Tondelier

Agrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Disagrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Zemmour

Agrees: “Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence”; “Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences”

Disagrees: “The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated”; “Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations”

Police officers and gendarmes should be presumed to have acted in self-defence.

A bill creating this presumption for the police was passed at first reading in the National Assembly in July 2026.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 7 in favour, 0 in between and 4 against.

Judges should have to give repeat offenders mandatory minimum sentences.

Minimum sentences for repeat offenders existed from 2007 to 2014. Today judges set the sentence freely, up to the maximum allowed by law.

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

The sale of cannabis should be legalised and regulated.

Using and selling cannabis is illegal in France. Only medical use is being trialled.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 2 in favour, 2 in between and 7 against.

Rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades should be banned at demonstrations.

The police use these weapons to keep order. Serious injuries at demonstrations have revived the debate on their use.

Of the 11 candidates with a position on this question: 2 in favour, 2 in between and 7 against.

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