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Private clinics should not receive public subsidies while the public hospital system is underfunded.

Medical deserts in rural France constitute a public health emergency requiring mandatory measures, not only financial incentives.

France's universal health coverage model is one of its greatest social achievements and must be protected against cuts.

France should conduct a formal national reckoning with its colonial history through school curricula reform, museum policy, and official acknowledgement.

The two-tier French labour market — insiders with CDI protection and outsiders on precarious contracts — requires fundamental reform.

France needs to invest significantly more in vocational training to reduce chronic youth unemployment.

The French state at around 57% of GDP is the highest in the OECD and requires structural reform, not only efficiency savings.

France's labour code makes companies too cautious about hiring on permanent (CDI) contracts, contributing to high youth unemployment.

The 35-hour working week has protected French workers' quality of life without the economic damage that critics predicted.

Raising the French retirement age to 64 was economically necessary given demographic trends, even though it was politically contested.

France should require that AI training datasets used by French companies comply with EU copyright law and cultural diversity obligations.

European digital sovereignty is best achieved through common European standards and capabilities, not through national protectionism.

France should lead Europe in requiring that AI training data respects copyright and that rights-holders are compensated.

French cultural exception policies should be extended to AI-generated content and digital platforms.

France's approach to restricting TikTok on government devices should be extended to other contexts where state data security is at risk.

The CNIL needs a larger budget and stronger enforcement powers to hold major tech platforms accountable under GDPR.

France should invest substantially more in AI companies like Mistral to challenge US and Chinese dominance.

France should introduce a carbon border adjustment on all imports to complement the EU's CBAM and protect domestic industry from unfair competition.

French farmers' protests should not be used to delay necessary environmental reforms in agricultural policy.

France should use its nuclear expertise to help other EU countries decarbonise rather than discouraging nuclear in European energy policy.