Likewise, while Royal carefully maintains the distinction between nation and nationalism, she is drifting away from the Socialist Party’s old embrace of The Internationale , instead defending La Marseillaise and suggesting that all citizens should display a French flag on the National Day. Bayrou criticizes the “nationalist obsession” of his competitors, but he supports abrogating the jus soli (the right to obtain French nationality by birth) for people from the French island of Mayotte, owing to massive inflows of pregnant women to the island.
比如，塞尔科奇就提议组建一个“移民与民族身份部”。同样，虽然罗亚尔谨慎地保持着民族和民族主义之间的泾渭分明，但她也正与社会党唱诵的“国际歌”渐行渐远，反而捍卫起“马赛曲”，并建议所有的公民都应该在国庆日悬挂法国国旗。贝鲁虽然批评其竞争对手的“民族主义痴迷”，但却支持取消法属Mayotte岛居民的 jus soli （即通过出生获得法国国籍的权利）。其原因是大量的外籍孕妇涌入该岛。