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Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Historical and international

Photo: jlm2017.fr, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: La France Insoumise: eco-socialist, leave NATO command, "Sixth Republic", strict laïcité.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
15toward collective / planned
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
13strongly toward progressive
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
36near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
40near the center
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
11strongly toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
15toward collective ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
43near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
40near the center
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
15toward progressive
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
30toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
10strongly toward egalitarian
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
85toward state planning
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
11strongly toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
8strongly toward 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
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Healthcare should be provided to everyone by the government and paid for through taxes.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Raising the minimum wage significantly would do more harm than good.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Strongly agreesestimated
Preserving a historic national majority is a legitimate immigration objective.Strongly disagreesestimated
Workers should have strong legal protections to form and join labor unions.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Strongly disagreesestimated
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly agreesestimated
Reducing the gap between rich and poor should be a major government goal.Strongly agreesestimated

Closest ideologies

Eco-Socialism93% similar positionDegrowth91% similar positionLeft Communism90% similar positionPlatformism89% similar positionUtopian Socialism89% similar position

Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.