Gabriel Attal
Renaissance leader and deputy, former prime minister; declared candidate for president
Gabriel Attal gets a C
Score: 75 out of 100, the average of 6 measures. Graded on what Attal has said and done, because we count recorded votes only for the US Congress. Every line is below, with its source.
- ?Iran: the regimeNot clear either way, 1 source
- AAlliesWith liberty, 2 sources
- ABordersWith liberty, 1 source
- FIslamic migrationBoth ways, 2 sources
- AIslamizationWith liberty, 2 sources
- ACapitalismWith liberty, 2 sources
- FFree speechAgainst liberty, 1 source
Attal, on the record
11 things Attal has said and done. Each one has its source, and each is marked with the same test we use for votes in Congress. A line that does not settle the question is marked as not clear and counts for nothing.
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When the United States and Iran signed a protocol to end the 2026 war, said France must take the initiative so that Europeans are part of the talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
“France must take the initiative so that we are part of the discussions on Iran's nuclear programme.”
In French:
Il faut que la France soit à l'initiative pour que nous soyons associés aux discussions sur le nucléaire iranien.
- By the test we use for votes
- Not clear either way
Asking for a seat at the nuclear talks says nothing on whether he would press the regime or ease off, so the line does not settle the measure.
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As prime minister, asked the National Assembly to back the security agreement with Ukraine and told its opponents he would rather stand tall than lie flat before Russia.
“I would rather puff out my chest than lie flat on my stomach before Russia”
In French:
Je préfère bomber le torse qu'être à plat ventre devant la Russie
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Carrying the Ukraine security agreement through parliament is standing with Ukraine against Russia.
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After a National Rally vice-president said aid to Ukraine should be cut off, said that would be abandoning a country under attack.
“Turning off the tap to Ukraine is abandoning a country under attack”
In French:
Couper le robinet à l'Ukraine, c'est abandonner un pays agressé
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Defending aid to Ukraine against a call to end it is standing with Ukraine against Russia.
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Proposed binding quotas that cap immigration, in his summer 2026 campaign.
“binding quotas”
In French:
des quotas limitatifs
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
A legal cap on how many people may immigrate limits entry, the liberty side of this measure.
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Called in January 2025 for France to end the 1968 agreement with Algeria, which he said had become an immigration channel of its own.
“has today become an immigration channel in its own right, allowing family reunification and the settling of people without their even having to know our language or show that they have integrated”
In French:
est aujourd'hui devenu une filière d'immigration à part entière, permettant le regroupement familial et l'installation de personnes, sans même qu'elles aient à connaître notre langue ou montrer leur intégration
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Ending a special entry and family reunification route from Algeria limits migration from an Islamic country.
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Nine months later the group he chairs voted against the resolution to end that same agreement when the National Rally put it to the Assembly; its speaker said the group favoured calling the agreement into question but not this text.
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
A vote against ending the agreement is a vote to keep the route open, whatever the reason given.
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As education minister, banned the abaya, a long robe worn by some Muslim girls, from state schools at the start of the 2023 school year.
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
A ban on religious dress in state schools counts as with liberty.
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The party he leads proposed banning the Islamic veil in public space for girls under 15 and making it an offence for parents to force it on them.
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
A ban on the veil for children is counted by this measure as acting against Islamization; it goes further than schools and public office.
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Proposed a voluntary departure plan to cut 100,000 civil service jobs.
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Shrinking the state payroll is less state spending, the liberty side of this measure.
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Told the employers' federation his first commitment would be to reverse the rises in the cost of labour made since 2024.
“is to reverse these rises in the cost of labour, which are a ball and chain for our businesses and for the competitiveness of our economy”
In French:
c'est de revenir sur ces hausses du coût du travail, qui sont un boulet pour nos entreprises et dans la compétitivité de notre économie
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Lower charges on employers counts as with liberty.
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As prime minister, announced the blocking of TikTok in New Caledonia during the May 2024 riots, under the state of emergency.
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
A government order blocking a whole platform counts as against liberty, whoever the target.
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