Parti du Bon Sens

Parti du Bon Sens

Proposals that seem obvious. Reality is more nuanced.

We analyse "common sense" policies with rigour and neutrality, presenting the pros and cons of each proposal.

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— Featured Policies

Featured Policies

Taxation & Contribution

Tax kerosene and fund rail infrastructure

Remove the tax exemption on aviation kerosene — the only fossil fuel exempt from duty in France — and reinvest the proceeds into the rail network, particularly SNCF Réseau and track maintenance.

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Transport & Mobility

Income-based speeding fines

Make speeding fines proportional to the offender's income, following the Finnish or Swiss model, so deterrence is equal for everyone. Today, a €135 fine represents 9.7% of monthly net minimum wage but only 1.35% for someone earning €10,000/month.

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Energy & Climate

Ban or heavily restrict private jets

Ban private jets or regulate them much more aggressively. They emit 5-14x more CO₂ per passenger-km than commercial aviation and up to 40x more in worst cases, while serving a tiny fraction of the population.

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Law & Order

Mandatory body cameras for police

Make body camera use mandatory for all police officers during interventions, with real sanctions for non-activation. France has already deployed around 30,000 cameras since 2016, but activation remains discretionary and uneven.

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Health & Healthcare

Reduce healthcare reimbursement for smokers

Introduce stronger alignment between harmful behaviour and Sécurité sociale reimbursement. Smoking costs an estimated €26 billion/year in healthcare, but tobacco taxes only generate €12-14 billion/year — a net deficit borne by the collective.

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Energy & Climate

Progressive pricing for water and energy

Apply progressive pricing: affordable up to a normal level, then increasingly steep beyond a comfort threshold. Catalonia, California, and Flanders have already implemented this with measurable results.

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Taxation & Contribution

Tax fairness, fighting evasion, and citizen participation in collective funding.

8 policies

Energy & Climate

Environmental pricing, energy transition, and fighting waste.

4 policies

Transport & Mobility

Infrastructure, road safety, and mobility fairness.

6 policies

Health & Healthcare

Healthcare efficiency, behavioral incentives, and reimbursement fairness.

5 policies

Law & Order

Police reform, transparency, and protection of public servants.

8 policies

Housing

Fair allocation of public housing resources.

1 policies

Institutions & Governance

Political accountability, ministerial expertise, and democratic debate.

2 policies

Circular Economy

Reuse, anti-waste, and tax incentives for second-hand goods.

1 policies

Urban Life

City quality of life, public space, and civic aesthetics.

3 policies

Education & Training

Public training spending efficiency and skills development.

1 policies

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