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Emmanuel Macron

Historical and international

Photo: Nebojša Tejić, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: French presidency 2017-present: pro-EU liberalism, labor reforms, laïcité.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
60near the center
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
27toward progressive
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
41near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
32toward cosmopolitan
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
66toward intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
68toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
58near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
32toward cosmopolitan
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
29toward progressive
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
24toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
52near the center
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
52near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
66toward intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
22toward secular state

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly agreesfrom their record
During a pandemic, governments should be able to close businesses and places of worship.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Military aid to countries resisting invasion is worth the cost.Strongly agreesfrom their record
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Preserving a historic national majority is a legitimate immigration objective.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Society works best when established social hierarchies are respected.Disagreesestimated
Differences in social status help maintain an orderly society.Disagreesestimated

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Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.