Paris 2026 Municipal Elections: Candidates’ Plans for Healthcare

Municipalities play a vital role in everyday public health, even if they are not directly involved in medical treatment. Their main contribution lies in prevention: informing residents and promoting healthy living habits. They also ensure the hygiene and safety of the community by maintaining good quality housing, cleanliness, potable water, and managing health-related risks, including environmental and climate hazards.

Cities can also play a key role in improving access to local healthcare, such as by supporting health centers or encouraging the recruitment of physicians. In doing so, they pay close attention to the most vulnerable populations, including children, the elderly, and those in greatest need.

Not to mention that their urban planning, transportation, and green space choices directly impact environmental health and the quality of life for residents. Public health and health services thus remain key issues in the Paris 2026 municipal elections, scheduled for March 15 and 22.

Explore the proposals and promises put forward by the six leading candidates for Paris mayor in their respective programs. This article will be updated as new announcements are made by the candidates.

Paris 2026 Municipal Elections: Candidates' Stances on Healthcare

Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Horizons - Backed by Renaissance)

As of January 14, 2026, there are still no concrete proposals or measures specifically dedicated to public health available on the candidate's official website.

Sophia Chikirou (La France Insoumise / Nouveau Paris Populaire)

Strengthening and Protecting Public Healthcare:

Leverage the authority of the chairman of the AP-HP supervisory board to ensure access to general practitioners and specialists without additional charges.
Combat hospital bed closures and promote their reopening.
Increase the deployment of healthcare professionals within the AP-HP network.
Oppose the closure of key hospital facilities such as Hôtel-Dieu and Bichat Hospital.

Development of a Local Community Health Policy:

Expand the network of municipal polyvalent health centers, aiming for at least one in each district by 2032.
Equip these centers with mobile prevention units.
Establish municipal health hubs within district town halls, social centers, and youth spaces, staffed with doctors and nurses providing routine care, prevention, and guidance.
Support and, if necessary, take over community-run health centers to prevent closures.
Open five urgent care clinics to offer outpatient services during evenings and weekends.
Introduce a mobile health clinic bus service in underserved neighborhoods.

Enhanced access to specialized and organizational healthcare services:

Redefining the use of municipal commercial premises to host medical offices offering full third-party payment at affordable rent.
Updating urban planning regulations to include healthcare facilities in upcoming new developments.
Establishing agreements with social housing providers to offer affordable rental spaces to healthcare professionals.

Maternity, Child, and School Health:

Extend the operating hours of maternal and child health centers until 7:30 p.m. on certain evenings and on Saturday mornings.
Provide home visits by pediatric health nurses to families within two weeks of giving birth.
Strengthen indoor environmental consultants to better identify domestic health hazards.
Increase preventive efforts in schools, aiming for an annual medical check-up for every student.

Mental Health:

Hire psychologists within municipal health centers with full third-party payment coverage.
Implement a "Mental Health Voucher" to lower patients' out-of-pocket costs based on their household income.
Expand Local Mental Health Councils across all districts.
Establish Mental Health Support Points (PASM) in every district.
Strengthen the support networks for neurodevelopmental disorders and psychopedagogical assistance centers.

Community-based Solidarity Healthcare:

Support student healthcare services to provide free medical care and conduct preventive health initiatives.
Establish a Common Communal Health Supplementary Insurance in Paris, in collaboration with mutualist organizations, for those without private health coverage.
Expand a network of Addiction Care Drop-In Centers to promote prevention, support recovery, and facilitate social reintegration.

Environmental health and prevention:

Make health impact assessments mandatory for large-scale urban development projects.
Establish a municipal "Urban Planning & Health" unit to coordinate these assessments and public health advice.
Implement an annual awareness campaign on environmental health issues such as air quality, noise pollution, nutrition, and endocrine disruptors.
Train community leaders and teachers on the importance of environmental health concerns.
Enhance the Paris Environmental Health Service and create a one-stop "Housing & Health" desk to assist residents with sanitation-related issues.
Develop a municipal pest control plan and tie certain subsidies to sanitation diagnostics.

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Emmanuel Grégoire (Union of the Left: PS – Socialist Party, PCF, Ecologists, Place Publique, L’Après)

As of January 14, 2026, specific commitments related to health have yet to be translated into concrete, measurable actions on Emmanuel Grégoire's official website. The program emphasizes supporting every stage of life, "from school to hospital, from early childhood to old age," as a top priority for social protection and municipal public services, implicitly including health care.

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Rachida Dati (Les Républicains / MoDem / UDI)

Early childhood and parenting:

Elevate the status of early childhood professions
Create additional nursery spaces
Ensure seamless public services so parents can better balance work and family life

Families’ and seniors’ health:

Strengthen local services and initiatives to combat social isolation among seniors

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Sarah Knafo (Reconquête)

As of January 14, 2026, there are still no concrete proposals or measures specifically dedicated to public health listed on the candidate's official website.

Thierry Mariani (National Rally - UDR)

As of January 14, 2026, there are no concrete proposals or measures explicitly focused on public health listed on the candidate's official website.

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