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Frontier AI systems capable of causing large-scale harm should be required to pass independent safety evaluations before public deployment.

Geoengineering approaches such as solar radiation management should be governed by international treaty before any country deploys them at scale.

New licensing of fossil fuel extraction should end immediately in countries that have made legally binding net-zero commitments.

Meeting 1.5°C temperature targets requires major demand-side changes in diet, aviation, and consumption — not only clean energy supply.

Biodiversity loss is as serious a long-term threat to human welfare as climate change and warrants equivalent policy priority and funding.

A carbon price set at or near the social cost of carbon is more economically efficient than sector-by-sector emission regulations.

Nuclear power must be retained and expanded in most countries as part of a credible path to electricity decarbonisation by 2050.

Developed countries have not met their $100 billion annual climate finance pledge and owe developing nations substantially more in adaptation and loss-and-damage funding.

France should make French Sign Language (LSF) a recognised medium of instruction and increase resources for inclusive schooling.

Philosophy as a compulsory baccalauréat subject is a distinctive strength of French secondary education that should be retained.

Teacher pay in France has fallen significantly behind other graduate professions and must be raised substantially.

The French baccalauréat reform has produced better subject alignment with students' abilities than the previous undifferentiated examination.

Lycée professionnel students are resourced at a significantly lower level than academic track students and deserve equality of investment.

Parcoursup's opaque algorithmic allocation makes university entrance less transparent and equitable than the previous system.

The grandes écoles system perpetuates elite social reproduction and should be opened up through reformed admissions and integration with universities.

France should implement mandatory anti-discrimination training in all public sector hiring and in companies above a minimum size.

Zone-based affirmative action (discrimination positive géographique) targeting disadvantaged urban areas should be expanded.

France's republican integration model — prioritising individual assimilation over communitarian recognition — has produced contested outcomes that require honest evaluation.

Discrimination in hiring and housing against French citizens of immigrant background is a serious ongoing injustice requiring active enforcement.

France's integration infrastructure is insufficiently resourced relative to the pace of arrivals, creating real social strain.