# Education and AI — France 2027 election

AI in the classroom, screens, teachers and higher education facing AI: the candidates’ proposals, sourced and dated.

56 items from 15 candidates, quoted and sourced.

## Bernard Cazeneuve

### Guaranteeing equal access everywhere to quality digital training
Goal · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 15, 2026

> equal access, everywhere, to quality digital training.

Original French quote: égalité d’accès, partout, aux formations numériques de qualité.

Source: [assets.nationbuilder.com](https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122614/https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=)

### Teaching Data Ethics as Part of the Knowledge of the Century
Commitment · AI in Schools · July 15, 2026

> The knowledge of our century must, moreover, be rethought: data ethics, critical thinking from middle school onward, philosophy from the Seconde year onward.

Original French quote: Les savoirs de notre siècle doivent, par ailleurs, être repensés : l’éthique des données, l’esprit critique dès le collège, la philosophie dès la Seconde.

Source: [assets.nationbuilder.com](https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122614/https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=)

### Provide massive digital training for teachers
Commitment · Teachers and Training · July 15, 2026

> Schools must at last master the new tools by providing massive digital training for teachers, by building a public service of educational artificial intelligence, by opening laboratories where the sciences and the humanities speak to each other.

Original French quote: L’école doit enfin maîtriser les nouveaux outils en formant massivement les enseignants au numérique, en bâtissant un service public de l’intelligence artificielle éducative, en ouvrant des laboratoires où sciences et humanités se parlent.

Source: [assets.nationbuilder.com](https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122614/https://assets.nationbuilder.com/laconvention/pages/2515/attachments/original/1784151599/Auxfrancaisversionfinale1507.pdf?1784151599=)

## Bruno Retailleau

### Double the number of specialized engineers and include an AI core in all higher education programs
Costed measure · Higher Education and Research · September 12, 2026

> The number of engineers specialized in AI, computer science, robotics, applied mathematics and digital infrastructure will be doubled, and all higher education programs will have to include a core of AI proficiency adapted to their purpose, from medicine to law and from management to teaching.

Original French quote: Le nombre d'ingénieurs spécialisés en IA, informatique, robotique, mathématiques appliquées et infrastructures numériques sera doublé , et tous les cursus du supérieur devront intégrer un socle de maîtrise de l'IA adapté à leur finalité, de la médecine au droit et de la gestion à l'enseignement.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/projet/mesure/former-des-millions-d-actifs-a-l-ia-en-deux-ans) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926134119/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/projet/mesure/former-des-millions-d-actifs-a-l-ia-en-deux-ans)

### Organizing digital learning paths adapted to each stage of schooling
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> To accompany these changes, digital learning paths will be organized throughout schooling and adapted stage by stage to students' maturity.

Original French quote: Pour accompagner ces mutations, des parcours numériques seront organisés tout au long de la scolarité et adaptés cycle par cycle à la maturité des élèves.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Using Public Procurement to Support a French Educational Technology Sector
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Through public procurement, it will strengthen a French sector and will require its suppliers to train and support teams; then it is up to schools to choose the tools that best serve their students.

Original French quote: Par la commande publique, il confortera une filière française et exigera de ses fournisseurs qu’ils forment et accompagnent les équipes ; aux établissements, ensuite, de choisir les outils qui servent le mieux leurs élèves.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Imposing a set of specifications on publishers of digital content and textbooks
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> As for digital content and textbooks, they will have to comply strictly with the national curricula, and a rigorous set of specifications will be imposed on publishers, so that no entryism, neither mercantile nor ideological, finds its way into what our children read.

Original French quote: Quant aux contenus numériques et aux manuels, ils devront se conformer strictement aux programmes nationaux, et un cahier des charges rigoureux sera imposé aux éditeurs, pour qu’aucun entrisme, ni mercantile ni idéologique, ne s’invite dans ce que lisent nos enfants.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Training teachers in the use of AI
Commitment · Teachers and Training · August 31, 2026

> When, worldwide, one teacher in three already uses AI, fewer than one in five does so in France, and almost none have been trained in it. We will remedy this.

Original French quote: Quand, dans le monde, un enseignant sur trois se sert déjà de l’IA, moins d’un sur cinq le fait en France, et presque aucun n’y a été formé. Nous y remédierons.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Launch a national "Numérique éducatif" plan to address disparities in access and use
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> A national "Numérique éducatif" plan will close the disparities in access and use in order to guarantee every student the common foundations essential to their academic success and their social and professional integration.

Original French quote: Un plan national « Numérique éducatif » comblera les disparités d’accès et d’usage pour garantir à chaque élève les bases communes indispensables à leur réussite scolaire et à leur insertion sociale et professionnelle.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### No direct exposure of students to AI before high school
Commitment · AI in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Time spent in front of screens will be limited, and our students will have no direct exposure to artificial intelligence before high school, so that nothing competes, in the early years, with the acquisition of fundamental knowledge.

Original French quote: Le temps passé devant les écrans sera limité, et nos élèves n’auront aucune exposition directe à l’intelligence artificielle avant le lycée, pour que rien ne vienne concurrencer, dans les jeunes années, l’acquisition des savoirs fondamentaux.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Using AI to give teachers back up to thirteen hours a week
Costed measure · AI in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Artificial intelligence at the service of the teacher, never in his place. Up to thirteen hours a week given back to teachers.

Original French quote: L’intelligence artificielle au service du maître, jamais à sa place. Jusqu’à treize heures par semaine rendues aux professeurs.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Training students to use AI and to assess its outputs
Goal · AI in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Schools will therefore have to train students capable not only of using AI, but of judging it.

Original French quote: L’école devra donc former des élèves capables non seulement d’utiliser l’IA, mais de la juger.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### No screens in primary school
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Zero screens in primary school, no AI before high school: think first, command the machine afterward.

Original French quote: Zéro écran au primaire, pas d’IA avant le lycée : penser d’abord, commander la machine ensuite.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Not Making Schools Dependent on Foreign Digital Platforms
Principle · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 31, 2026

> Educational digital technology involves our sovereignty: we will not let the school of the Republic depend on the platforms of foreign giants.

Original French quote: Le numérique éducatif engage notre souveraineté : nous ne laisserons pas l’école de la République dépendre des plateformes des géants étrangers.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926133249/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_Ecole_vF.pdf)

### Create excellence scholarships and international-level elite programs in AI
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · July 7, 2026

> We will set up excellence scholarships, enhanced curricula and elite programs of international level, in order to train the generation capable of designing the models, the software layers, the security tools, the embedded systems and the industrial applications the country needs.

Original French quote: Nous mettrons en place des bourses d’excellence, des cursus renforcés et des programmes d’élite de niveau international, afin de former la génération capable de concevoir les modèles, les couches logicielles, les outils de sécurité, les systèmes embarqués et les applications industrielles dont le pays a besoin.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_IA.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926134549/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_IA.pdf)

### Introduce a common core in algorithms, data and robotics in science programs
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · July 7, 2026

> In science programs, we will introduce a more demanding common core linking mathematics, algorithms, modeling, data, robotics and digital sovereignty issues.

Original French quote: Dans les formations scientifiques, nous introduirons un tronc commun plus exigeant articulant mathématiques, algorithmique, modélisation, données, robotique et enjeux de souveraineté numérique.

Source: [avecretailleau.fr](https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_IA.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926134549/https://www.avecretailleau.fr/api/media/file/LR_IA.pdf)

## David Lisnard

### Observation on the gap between the demands of AI and the level produced by the education system
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> The paradox is cruel: at the very moment when AI demands more human intelligence, our education system produces less of it.

Original French quote: Le paradoxe est cruel : au moment où l’IA exige plus d’intelligence humaine, notre système éducatif en produit moins.

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

### The candidate situates the arrival of generative AI in a context of intellectual fragility
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> Generative AI is arriving in this context of intellectual fragility.

Original French quote: L’IA générative arrive dans ce contexte de fragilité intellectuelle.

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

### The candidate believes the education system does not meet the intellectual demands posed by AI
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> The paradox is cruel: at the very moment when AI demands more human intelligence, our education system produces less of it

Original French quote: Le paradoxe est cruel : au moment où l’IA exige plus d’intelligence humaine, notre système éducatif en produit moins

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

### Lisnard believes that using AI as a cognitive crutch weakens critical thinking and learning
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> Used as a cognitive crutch, AI atrophies critical thinking, the capacity for autonomous reasoning, the intellectual effort that is the very foundation of learning

Original French quote: Utilisée comme béquille cognitive, l’IA atrophie l’esprit critique, la capacité de raisonnement autonome, l’effort intellectuel qui est le socle même de l’apprentissage

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

### Call to train minds in doubt and argumentation in the face of algorithmic certainties
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> To resist instantaneous answers, algorithmic certainties, we will need minds trained in methodical doubt, in argumentation, in the distinction between the true and the plausible.

Original French quote: Pour résister aux réponses instantanées, aux certitudes algorithmiques, il faudra des esprits formés au doute méthodique, à l’argumentation, à la distinction entre le vrai et le vraisemblable.

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

### Observation on France's educational decline raised in a statement on AI in schools
Statement · AI in Schools · February 11, 2026

> AI and educational decline Yet French educational decline has been documented and massive since the beginning of the century.

Original French quote: IA et déclassement scolaire Or, le déclassement scolaire français est documenté et massif depuis le début du siècle.

Source: [unenouvelleenergie.fr](https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928120749/https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/lintelligence-artificielle-menace-ceux-qui-ne-pensent-plus/)

## Dominique de Villepin

### Ban cell phones in schools and preserve technology-free periods
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · September 1, 2026

> This requires the effective ban on cell phones within school grounds and the preservation of sanctuary periods without any exposure to new technologies, devoted exclusively to human connection.

Original French quote: Cela suppose l’interdiction effective des téléphones portables dans l’enceinte des établissements et la préservation de temps-sanctuaires sans aucune exposition aux nouvelles technologies, consacrés exclusivement au lien humain.

Source: [lafrancehumaniste.fr](https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/refonder-lecole-pour-refaire-societe.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261005081626/https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/refonder-lecole-pour-refaire-societe.html)

### Controlled and graduated exposure of students to AI according to ages and uses
Principle · AI in Schools · September 1, 2026

> On the contrary, what is needed is controlled and graduated exposure. Graduated according to ages, graduated according to uses.

Original French quote: Il faut au contraire l’exposition maitrisée et graduée. Graduée suivant les âges, graduée suivant les usages.

Source: [lafrancehumaniste.fr](https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/refonder-lecole-pour-refaire-societe.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261005081626/https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/refonder-lecole-pour-refaire-societe.html)

### Mobilizing the Éducation nationale for Everyone's Mastery of AI
Principle · AI in Schools · June 13, 2026

> This also requires mobilizing the éducation nationale to make it the place where AI is domesticated by all and a place of strengthened transmission of essential knowledge, of logical and critical thinking, of emotional intelligence and of empathy

Original French quote: Cela suppose aussi de mobiliser l’éducation nationale pour en faire le lieu de la domestication de l’IA par tous et un lieu de transmission renforcé des savoirs essentiels, de la pensée logique et critique, de l’intelligence émotionnelle et de l’empathie

Source: [lafrancehumaniste.fr](https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/ia-pouvoir-de-dire-non-monopole-americain.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122732/https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/ia-pouvoir-de-dire-non-monopole-americain.html)

### Not letting the Parcoursup algorithm decide young people's educational paths
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · March 27, 2026

> In the same way, we will not let the Parcoursup algorithm choose their lives in place of our children.

Original French quote: De la même manière nous ne laisserons pas l’algorithme de Parcoursup choisir leur vie à la place de nos enfants.

Source: [lafrancehumaniste.fr](https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/le-moment-francais-sorbonne.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122211/https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/le-moment-francais-sorbonne.html)

### Integrate digital and AI learning starting in school
Commitment · AI in Schools · December 26, 2025

> Learning about digital technology and artificial intelligence must be integrated starting in school, so as not to be subjected to these transformations, but to understand and steer them.

Original French quote: L'apprentissage du numérique et de l'intelligence artificielle doit être intégré dès l'école, pour ne pas subir les mutations, mais les comprendre et les piloter.

Source: [lafrancehumaniste.fr](https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/la-grande-transformation-du-monde.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260830154234/https://lafrancehumaniste.fr/articles/la-grande-transformation-du-monde.html)

## Emmanuel Maurel

### Apply the "5-10-15 rule" on screens, with daycare centers and preschools designated "screen-free zones"
Goal · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

> a. no screens before age 5, because there is no positive impact and a plethora of negative impacts, up to addiction, daycare centers and preschools will be decreed "screen-free zones"

Original French quote: a. aucun écran avant 5 ans , car il n’y a aucun impact positif et pléthore d’impacts négatifs, jusqu’à l’addiction – crèches et maternelles seront décrétées « zones sans écrans »

Source: [emmanuel-maurel.fr](https://emmanuel-maurel.fr/programme/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926143424/https://emmanuel-maurel.fr/programme/)

## Florian Philippot

### Keep AI out of schools
Commitment · AI in Schools · September 3, 2026

> School must remain a sanctuary without AI in order to protect children's cognitive abilities and their capacity to learn.

Original French quote: L’École devra demeurer un sanctuaire sans IA afin de protéger les capacités cognitives des enfants et leur aptitude à apprendre.

Source: [les-patriotes.fr](https://les-patriotes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/projet-pour-la-france-2026.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260923120049/https://les-patriotes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/projet-pour-la-france-2026.pdf)

## Gabriel Attal

### Launch a daily "plan Voltaire" for critical thinking in the age of AI and digital technology
Costed measure · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · August 25, 2026

> And above all in the age of AI and digital technology, he proposes launching a "plan Voltaire", from the earliest age: 30 minutes at the beginning of each day, devoted to developing critical thinking, stepping back from the news and sources, and argumentation.

Original French quote: Et surtout à l’heure de l’IA et du numérique, il propose de lancer un « plan Voltaire », dès le plus jeune âge : 30 minutes au début de chaque journée, de développement de l’esprit critique, de recul sur l’actualité et les sources, d’argumentation.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260901172624/https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe)

### Train 100% of teachers in artificial intelligence
Costed measure · Teachers and Training · August 25, 2026

> He first proposes to train 100% of teachers in artificial intelligence, so that they can master its uses and support students in the face of this transformation.

Original French quote: Il propose d’abord de former 100 % des enseignants à l’intelligence artificielle, afin qu’ils puissent en maîtriser les usages et accompagner les élèves face à cette transformation.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260901172624/https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe)

### Making a sovereign AI assistant available free of charge to every student
Commitment · AI in Schools · August 25, 2026

> He also wants to make available free of charge to every student an artificial intelligence assistant that is secure, sovereign and validated by the Éducation nationale.

Original French quote: Il souhaite également mettre gratuitement à disposition de chaque élève un assistant d’intelligence artificielle sécurisé, souverain et validé par l’Éducation nationale.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260901172624/https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe)

### Use of AI to personalize learning, with a limit on the student's work
Statement · AI in Schools · August 25, 2026

> The objective is to take advantage of artificial intelligence's ability to personalize learning while setting a clear limit: AI must help the student understand and learn, never do the work in their place.

Original French quote: L’objectif est de tirer parti de la capacité de l’intelligence artificielle à personnaliser l’apprentissage tout en fixant une limite claire : l’IA doit aider l’élève à comprendre et à apprendre, jamais faire le travail à sa place.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260901172624/https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/dans-le-monde-gabriel-attal-devoile-son-projet-pour-faire-notre-ecole-la-meilleure-d-europe)

### Integrating mastery of AI tools into fundamental knowledge
Commitment · AI in Schools · June 18, 2026

> Raising awareness is no longer enough: faced with this new world, mastery of artificial intelligence tools must now be integrated into fundamental knowledge. Knowing how to prompt must rank alongside reading, writing and counting.

Original French quote: Sensibiliser ne suffit plus : face à ce nouveau monde, la maîtrise des outils d'intelligence artificielle doit désormais être intégrée aux savoirs fondamentaux. Il faut savoir prompter au même titre que lire, écrire et compter.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/vivatech-gabriel-attal-place-l-intelligence-artificielle-et-la-souverainete-au-coeur-de-son-projet) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261003060712/https://attalpresident.fr/actualites/vivatech-gabriel-attal-place-l-intelligence-artificielle-et-la-souverainete-au-coeur-de-son-projet)

### Ban social media for under-15s
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

> That is why we will go all the way with banning them for under-15s, to protect them.

Original French quote: C’est pour cela que nous irons au bout de leur interdiction pour les moins de 15 ans, pour les protéger.

Source: [attalpresident.fr](https://attalpresident.fr/programme/education) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260927113221/https://attalpresident.fr/programme/education)

## Jean-Luc Mélenchon

### Abolish Parcoursup and guarantee access without selection to the chosen program
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · July 17, 2026

> Dismantle Parcoursup and guarantee access without selection to the program of one's choice

Original French quote: Démanteler Parcoursup et garantir l’accès sans sélection à la formation de son choix

Source: [melenchon2027.fr](https://melenchon2027.fr/synthese-des-contributions/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260923214231/https://melenchon2027.fr/synthese-des-contributions/)

## Jérôme Guedj

### Teaching artificial intelligence to all students
Commitment · AI in Schools

> It means restoring the school's promise: the fundamentals in the morning, life in the afternoon, artificial intelligence taught to all rather than enduring the technological shock.

Original French quote: C’est rendre à l’école sa promesse : les fondamentaux le matin, la vie l’après-midi, l’intelligence artificielle enseignée à tous plutôt que de subir le choc technologique.

Source: [choisir2027.fr](https://choisir2027.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/PF-Jerome-Guedj.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260925081456/https://choisir2027.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/PF-Jerome-Guedj.pdf)

## Marine Tondelier

### Ban screens in schools before age six
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · September 17, 2026

> Recommend banning screens for children under three and ban the use of screens in schools before age six.

Original French quote: Recommander l’interdiction des écrans aux enfants de moins de trois ans et interdire l’usage des écrans à l’école avant six ans.

Source: [marinetondelier.fr](https://marinetondelier.fr/s/livret-enfance-vf.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115336/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68b9a0c719c7a969b63b8a1a/t/6aac64dd0bde6235665307c8/1789682909995/livret-enfance-vf.pdf)

### Training students, teachers and families in restraint regarding screens and digital technology and in its risks
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 15, 2026

> Train students, teachers and families in restraint regarding screens and digital technology and in its risks.

Original French quote: Former les élèves, les enseignant·es et les familles à la sobriété et aux risques des écrans et du numérique.

Source: [marinetondelier.fr](https://marinetondelier.fr/s/Programme-2027.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115316/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68b9a0c719c7a969b63b8a1a/t/6a967e020e8d32388db78eec/1788247554101/Programme+2027.pdf)

### Regulating the educational use of screens through high school
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 15, 2026

> Recommend banning screens for children under three years old and ban the use of screens at school before the age of six. Regulate educational use through high school.

Original French quote: Recommander l’interdiction des écrans aux enfants de moins de trois ans et interdire l’usage des écrans à l’école avant six ans. Encadrer l’utilisation pédagogique jusqu’au lycée.

Source: [marinetondelier.fr](https://marinetondelier.fr/s/Programme-2027.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115316/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68b9a0c719c7a969b63b8a1a/t/6a967e020e8d32388db78eec/1788247554101/Programme+2027.pdf)

### Overhauling digital education: data use, learning to code, open educational platforms
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 15, 2026

> Overhaul scientific and digital education at all school levels through training in critical thinking and in restraint in the use of data, in learning code and collaborative practices, and through the development of open educational platforms.

Original French quote: Refonder l’éducation scientifique et numérique à tous les niveaux scolaires par une formation à l’esprit critique et à la sobriété dans l’usage des données, à l’apprentissage du code et des pratiques collaboratives et par le développement de plateformes éducatives ouvertes.

Source: [marinetondelier.fr](https://marinetondelier.fr/s/Programme-2027.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115316/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68b9a0c719c7a969b63b8a1a/t/6a967e020e8d32388db78eec/1788247554101/Programme+2027.pdf)

### Replace ParcourSup and MonMaster and publish all guidance algorithms
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · July 15, 2026

> Restore the right to higher education by replacing ParcourSup and MonMaster with a genuine guidance platform allowing applicants to rank and zone their choices without cover letters or mention of their original high school. Publish and make accessible all the algorithms.

Original French quote: Réhabiliter le droit à des études supérieures en remplaçant ParcourSup et MonMaster par une vraie plateforme d’orientation permettant de hiérarchiser et de sectoriser des vœux sans lettres de motivation ni mention du lycée d’origine. Publier et rendre accessible l’ensemble des algorithmes.

Source: [marinetondelier.fr](https://marinetondelier.fr/s/Programme-2027.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115316/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68b9a0c719c7a969b63b8a1a/t/6a967e020e8d32388db78eec/1788247554101/Programme+2027.pdf)

## Natacha Polony

### Polony links France's ability to cope with the AI revolution to a solid foundation of knowledge at school
Statement · AI in Schools · September 14, 2026

> There will be no capacity for France to survive the AI revolution without building, for its children, a solid and protective foundation of knowledge and learning.

Original French quote: Il n’y aura pas de capacité pour la France à survivre à la révolution de l’IA sans la constitution, pour ses enfants, d’un socle solide et protecteur de connaissances et de savoirs.

Source: [revue-laudace.fr](https://revue-laudace.fr/societe/education/repartir-des-fondations-de-l-ecole/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261002063723/https://revue-laudace.fr/societe/education/repartir-des-fondations-de-l-ecole/)

## Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

### Make AI Training Mandatory for Teachers and Create an AI Curriculum from Middle School Onward
Commitment · AI in Schools · February 16, 2026

> Ensure mandatory AI training for teachers and the integration of a structured AI curriculum from middle school onward

Original French quote: Assurer une formation obligatoire des enseignants à l’IA et intégration d’un cursus IA structuré dès le collège

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/intelligence-artificielle/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260923131826/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/intelligence-artificielle/)

### Create a leading university hub for AI
Commitment · Higher Education and Research · February 16, 2026

> Create a leading AI university hub

Original French quote: Créer un pôle universitaire IA de référence

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/intelligence-artificielle/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260923131826/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/intelligence-artificielle/)

### Launch a national digital and AI education plan
Commitment · AI in Schools

> Launch a national plan for education in digital technology and artificial intelligence

Original French quote: Lancer un plan national d’éducation au numérique et à l’intelligence artificielle

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/famille/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928121125/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/famille/)

### Create a digital 'agrégation' and strengthen programming and algorithmics in middle and high school
Commitment · Teachers and Training

> On the other hand, from middle school onward and especially in high school, have a high level of requirement in programming-coding, algorithmics, systems design and in the handling of digital tools (advanced 3D design for NFTs and metaverses, simulation, 3D printing, creation of an agrégation du numérique on these bodies of knowledge)

Original French quote: En revanche, dès le collège et surtout au lycée, avoir une haute exigence en programmation-codage, algorithmie, conception de systèmes et en manipulation des outils digitaux (conception 3D avancée pour les NFT et métavers, simulation, impression 3D, création d’une agrégation du numérique sur ces savoirs)

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/sciences-souverainete-industrielle/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928121002/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/sciences-souverainete-industrielle/)

### Training parents and children on screen risks starting in primary school
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

> Train and inform parents as well as children about the risks associated with screens: addiction, isolation, loss of attention, early exposure to pornography. Develop a genuine protective and responsible digital culture starting in primary school.

Original French quote: Former et informer les parents comme les enfants sur les risques liés aux écrans : addiction, isolement, perte d’attention, exposition précoce à la pornographie. Développer une véritable culture numérique protectrice et responsable dès l’école primaire.

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/famille/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928121125/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/famille/)

### "Digital-free" elementary school and "digital excellence" from middle school onward
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

> Ensure ongoing digital training and support, suited and effective for all, taking digital illiteracy into account, with a "digital-free" protected space in elementary school but "digital excellence" from middle school onward.

Original French quote: Assurer une formation et un accompagnement continu au numérique, adaptés et efficaces pour tous, avec prise en compte de l’illectronisme, une sanctuarisation « sans digital » à l’école élémentaire mais « excellence numérique » dès le collège.

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/sciences-souverainete-industrielle/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928121002/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/sciences-souverainete-industrielle/)

### Restricting digital use in primary school to the cours moyen level only
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools

> In primary school, strictly limit the use of digital tools: restrict the use of Information and Communication Technologies for Education (TICE) to the cours moyen level only.

Original French quote: A l’école primaire, limiter strictement l’usage du numérique : restreindre l’usage des Technologies de l’information et de la communication pour l’enseignement (TICE) au seul cours moyen.

Source: [debout-la-france.fr](https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/instruction-publique/) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928115634/https://www.debout-la-france.fr/projet/instruction-publique/)

## Raphaël Glucksmann

### Teaching how to decode media, images and algorithms from primary school onward
Commitment · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · March 25, 2026

> Teaching students, from primary school onward, to defend themselves against manipulation by teaching the decoding of media, images, algorithms and addiction mechanisms

Original French quote: Apprendre aux élèves, dès l’école primaire, à se défendre contre la manipulation en enseignant le décryptage des médias, images, algorithmes et mécanismes d’addiction

Source: [place-publique.eu](https://place-publique.eu/document/3Ari5O0s5O1L4iK1uyUhI0/pp-acte-un.pdf) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260928122546/https://place-publique.eu/document/3Ari5O0s5O1L4iK1uyUhI0/pp-acte-un.pdf)

## Xavier Bertrand

### Extending nationwide the AI certificate funded by the Hauts-de-France region
Commitment · AI in Schools · September 25, 2026

> I decided to fund an AI certificate in my region, to master it better, it must be done everywhere in France

Original French quote: J'ai décidé de financer un brevet IA dans ma région, pour mieux la maîtriser, il faut le faire partout en France

Reported by BFMTV (BFM Tech) · [bfmtv.com](https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/intelligence-artificielle/moratoire-et-souverainete-contre-opportunite-et-maitrise-du-developpement-en-marge-de-l-aim-l-ia-cristallise-les-divergences-politiques-lors-d-un-debat-a-marseille_AV-202609250616.html) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261005082058/https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/intelligence-artificielle/moratoire-et-souverainete-contre-opportunite-et-maitrise-du-developpement-en-marge-de-l-aim-l-ia-cristallise-les-divergences-politiques-lors-d-un-debat-a-marseille_AV-202609250616.html)

## Édouard Philippe

### Regulating screen use among young children
Principle · Screens and Digital Technology in Schools · July 5, 2026

> If we do not protect our children, if when they are very young we do not regulate this use of screens; and when they are older, we do not teach them to use the tremendous potential of new technologies, then we fail at everything!

Original French quote: Si nous ne protégeons pas nos enfants, si lorsqu'ils sont très jeunes nous ne réglementons pas cet usage des écrans ; et lorsqu'ils sont âgés, nous ne leur apprenons pas à utiliser le potentiel formidable des nouvelles technologies, alors nous ratons tout !

Source: [edouardphilippe.fr](https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261002170626/https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena)

### Integrating AI into teaching
Principle · AI in Schools · July 5, 2026

> But let us also bring school into the 21st century, by integrating AI into teaching, for example.

Original French quote: Mais faisons aussi entrer l'école dans le 21ème siècle, en intégrant par exemple l'IA dans la pédagogie.

Source: [edouardphilippe.fr](https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261002170626/https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena)

### Proposal for universal academic support combining a personalized AI assistant and teachers
Statement · AI in Schools · July 5, 2026

> I want every student in France to have access to universal academic support, combining a personalized AI assistant and brigades of teachers

Original French quote: je souhaite que chaque élève de France ait accès à un soutien scolaire universel, combinant assistant IA personnalisé et brigades de professeurs

Source: [edouardphilippe.fr](https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261002170626/https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/actualites/grand-meeting-edouard-philippe-adidas-arena)

### Create a universal public tutoring service including a personalized AI assistant
Commitment · AI in Schools

> Create a universal public tutoring service, combining a personalized AI assistant and brigades of former teachers and volunteer students.

Original French quote: Créer un service public universel du soutien scolaire , combinant assistant IA personnalisé et brigades d'anciens professeurs et d'étudiants volontaires.

Source: [edouardphilippe.fr](https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/priorites/pour-une-france-plus-attentive-a-ses-enfants) · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260926113433/https://www.edouardphilippe.fr/priorites/pour-une-france-plus-attentive-a-ses-enfants)

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