Municipal Elections 2026: What Are the Candidates’ Security Proposals and Who Says What?

The Paris municipal elections are scheduled for March 15 and 22, 2025. If your top concern is safety, here’s a clear, side-by-side overview of what the candidates for Paris’s mayoralty are proposing. Who stands for what? We’ve got all the details!

The 2026 municipal elections in Paris are set for Sunday, March 15th, and Sunday, March 22nd. A new voting system will be in place to elect both district advisors and Paris city councilors. What’s changing? Instead of one ballot, voters will now cast two, a tweak that might shake up Parisians’ usual electoral habits. This election could significantly reshape the city’s leadership for the next six years.

Housing, Economy, Cleanliness, Education, Culture... These are all topics that the candidates in this municipal election will also need to address... Among the main concerns of Parisians, safety often ranks high. In Paris, safety directly impacts residents’ daily lives — including municipal police, public space tranquility, compliance with civil conduct, preventing petty crime, transport and school security, etc.

The City of Paris has several tools at its disposal that effectively shape local security:

Municipal police: Although its powers are limited by the state, the city can choose to strengthen it, increase staffing, arm it, and expand its responsibilities.
Video surveillance and technical systems: The municipality can invest in camera networks, emergency alert buttons, or advanced technologies in partnership with the police prefecture.
Partnerships and coordination: Working with the police prefecture, state services, district councils, and specialized community organizations.
Preventive policies: Educational initiatives, mediation efforts, public lighting, and urban planning measures aimed at reducing risky behaviors.

Actions that directly affect Parisians, residents of Île-de-France, and passing tourists. If safety is a priority for you, Sortiraparis has compiled a list of proposals from the candidates running in the 2026 Municipal Elections in Paris. This way, you'll have all the information you need to make an informed decision when the time comes, at the ballot box.

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Proposals Focused on Security for the 2026 Paris Municipal Elections

(regular updates will be made as programs are released and candidates announced. In some cases, detailed measures have not yet been clarified in public sources; such gaps are noted accordingly)

Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Horizons – Supported by Renaissance)

Tripling the number of municipal police officers in Paris, increasing from 2,200 to 6,000 personnel. (Source: CNEWS)
Equipping municipal police with firearms, such as pistols, and providing them with tools suited to their duties. (Source: CNEWS)
Ensuring police are operational around the clock, 24/7, with a dedicated hotline. (Source: CNEWS)
Expanding the powers of municipal police to include observing crimes, issuing fines, and using automated tools like license plate readers. (Source: Le Parisien)
Creating a drone unit in collaboration with the police prefecture to monitor strategic areas and assist patrols. (Source: CNEWS)
Testing and deploying AI-driven video surveillance on city cameras. (Source: CNEWS)
Systematically installing surveillance cameras outside schools and colleges. (Source: Valeurs Actuelles)
Installing emergency buttons in schools, connected directly to police stations. (Source: Valeurs Actuelles)
Prioritizing social housing access to retain municipal police officers after recruitment. (Source: CNEWS)

Sophia Chikirou (La France Insoumise - New Paris for the People)

Implement a municipal charter that strictly regulates police actions, explicitly banning discriminatory practices or arrests based on appearance, and establishing clear protocols for traceability, staff training, and reporting and disciplinary mechanisms.
Launch mobile legal assistance centers to facilitate filing complaints and provide legal support.
Initiate a robust institutional dialogue with the State to ensure stronger safeguards for citizens' rights.

Rachida Dati (The Republicans/Modem/UDI)

Create a force of 5,000 armed and trained municipal police officers to combat everyday crime, doubling the current numbers. (Source: official candidate’s site)
Maintain police presence around the clock across the entire city with these armed municipal officers. (Source: official candidate’s site)
Install 8,000 video surveillance cameras to bolster street monitoring, especially around schools, middle schools, and sports fields. (Source: official candidate’s site)
Close the Champ-de-Mars at night with gates as a measure to prevent assaults and illegal activities in the area. (Source: Le Parisien)
Establish a dedicated mounted police unit to ensure safety at the Champ-de-Mars and in the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes forests. (Source: Le Parisien)
Monitor and secure schools with specialized measures such as cameras and increased police presence. (Source: official candidate’s site)

Emmanuel Grégoire (Left-wing Union: PS – Socialist Party, PCF, Green Parties, Place publique, L’Après)

Increase police presence on the ground by deploying mobile municipal police kiosks, inspired by the Japanese kôban, in each district and at the city's hotspots. (Source: Le Parisien)
Recruit 1,000 additional municipal officers, bringing the total force to around 5,000. (Source: Le Parisien)
Enhance street lighting in certain neighborhoods to improve safety perceptions, especially to ensure women can move around securely at all hours. (Source: Le Parisien)
Install alert buttons in bus shelters to facilitate incident reporting and boost overall security. (Source: Le Parisien)
Strengthen video surveillance at sensitive sites by adding up to 500 tactical cameras. (Source: Le Parisien)
Create a dedicated "specialist unit for complex sites," operational at key strategic locations such as the Champ de Mars, Montmartre, and the Rosa Parks neighborhood. (Source: Le Parisien)

Sarah Knafo (Reconquête)

Doubling the size of the municipal police force, with a trained and armed team to enhance safety across the city. (Source: Official candidate's website)
Implementing a plan to reclaim so-called "no-go zones" in Paris through targeted mass arrests in problematic areas such as the Champs-Élysées, Champ de Mars, Bois de Boulogne, Barbès, La Chapelle, and others. (Source: Official candidate's website)
Making Paris a safe and tranquil city where the rule of law is upheld and freedoms are protected, ensuring no neighborhoods are dangerous at any hour of the day or night. (Source: Official candidate's website)
Enhancing the powers of the municipal police to achieve security levels comparable to those during the Olympic Games, throughout the entire year. (Source: RTL)

Thierry Mariani (National Rally - UDR)

Increase staffing levels within the municipal police and enhance patrol frequencies to ensure a 24/7 presence across the city. (Source: official candidate site)
Establish specialized units to tackle various forms of insecurity: anti-squatting, drug enforcement, illegal camps, transportation issues, traffic management, Rapid Action Brigade (BAR), and district police. (Source: official candidate site)
Implement a zero-tolerance policy towards drug trafficking, public nuisances, and security threats in public spaces. (Source: official candidate site)
Reject mass immigration, dismantle illegal encampments, and end occupations and requisitions by illegal migrants. (Source: official candidate site)
Double the size of the municipal police and equip them with arms to better prevent violence, theft, and assaults, including on public transportation. (Source: official candidate site)

Marielle Saulnier (Worker’s Struggle)

As of January 20, 2026, there are still no concrete proposals or measures specifically dedicated to security on the candidate's official website.

All that's left is to go through these suggestions for the upcoming municipal elections!

To help you better understand the key issues surrounding the management of Paris ahead of the upcoming municipal elections, we've put together a thematic overview. You can find all these topics summarized below!

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