More than 11 million people live below the poverty line in France, with household food budgets often the first to be cut. Institutional responses to this issue are generally limited to emergency aid and fail to address structural causes. Mobilisation and coordination of public policy to guarantee the right to food for all is largely insufficient.

Action Against Hunger works actively in France to advance the right to food, promoting dignified, sufficient, healthy and sustainable access for all. In 2025, we maintained our status as a key player in the fight against food insecurity, playing a central role in numerous multi-stakeholder forums and delivering strong advocacy messages to public authorities and their partners. We also contributed to improving the coverage and efficiency of aid funding, by sharing our experience and expertise with institutional and civil society partners.

This year we implemented several learning and innovation initiatives in Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, providing direct assistance to thousands of people while fostering public debate. Next year, lessons learned through these different initiatives will be disseminated, including pilot projects proposing alternative responses to food distribution through cash transfers (our Passerelle and Vit’alim projects).