Politics · France · 3 hrs ago
Marine Tondelier proposes raising France’s minimum wage to €2,000 gross
Green candidate Marine Tondelier wants to raise France’s minimum wage to €2,000 gross if she wins the 2027 presidential election.
The minimum wage is due to rise by 1.6% on December 1, 2026, to €1,502 net, or €1,897 gross per month.
Tondelier says her programme set the €2,000 gross target in July, but inflation may mean a bigger increase is needed by the time she takes office.
She also wants to raise pay for people earning up to €2,000 net a month by making some business tax exemptions conditional on higher wages.
Small and medium-sized businesses that cannot afford the increase would receive dedicated aid, she said.
Tondelier did not give a precise estimate of the cost to businesses and said she would work with them on the plans if elected.
Marine Tondelier says she would raise France’s minimum wage to €2,000 gross if elected president in 2027.
The Green candidate made the proposal during an interview on BFMTV on November 12.
She said the figure was included in her party’s programme, published in July, when it represented a 7.12% increase.
Tondelier also wants to raise pay for people earning up to €2,000 net and offer targeted aid to small and medium-sized businesses.
She did not provide a precise estimate of the cost to businesses during the interview.
- Who
- Marine Tondelier, the Green candidate for France’s 2027 presidential election.
- What
- She proposed raising the minimum wage to €2,000 gross if elected.
- When
- She made the proposal on November 12, 2026.
- Where
- During an interview on BFMTV’s Vous présidente programme.
- Why
- She said the proposal was in her programme and that workers earning up to €2,000 net should also receive higher pay.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tondelier said the programme containing the €2,000 minimum-wage figure was published.
Tondelier discussed the proposal on BFMTV’s Vous présidente programme.
The government’s announced 1.6% increase to the minimum wage was due to take effect.
Tondelier said she would raise the minimum wage to €2,000 gross if elected president.
- Proposed minimum wage
- €2,000 gross
- Proposed net-pay threshold
- €2,000 net per month
- Programme increase when published
- 7.12%
- Announced minimum-wage increase
- 1.6% on December 1, 2026
- Minimum wage after announced increase
- €1,502 net per month, or €1,897 gross
What people are saying
We have written this figure of €2,000 into our programme
Since July, there has been a lot of inflation
I did not come with a catalogue of 12,000 Excel spreadsheets where I had memorised all the figures