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European defence should be funded collectively through EU bonds and common procurement, not only through national defence budgets.

France's permanent UN Security Council seat carries special responsibilities it has not consistently met.

France should contribute more military equipment to Ukraine, consistent with supporting its right to self-defence.

Macron's push for EU strategic autonomy is strategically correct — Europe cannot remain indefinitely dependent on US security guarantees.

France's post-colonial military presence in Africa has done more harm than good and should be ended.

France's independent nuclear deterrent is an essential contribution to European security and should be maintained.

France should expand access to contraception and reproductive health services, which are currently underprovided in rural areas.

Waiting times in French accident and emergency departments have become unacceptably long and reflect structural workforce failures.

France should introduce a tax on ultra-processed food to address rising rates of obesity and diet-related disease.

Mental health services in France are severely underfunded relative to other comparable European countries.

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.