Portrait of Emmanuel Macron
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Emmanuel Macron

President of France, 2017 to present

A former banker who founded a centrist movement, he raised the French pension age in 2023 and is a leading voice for deeper European integration.

Emmanuel Macron sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning tech-optimist on technology, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Emmanuel Macron sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Emmanuel Macron

Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland, 2007 to 2014 and 2023 to present88%Tony Blair UK Prime Minister, 1997 to 200788%Bill Clinton US President, 1993 to 200186%Maia Sandu President of Moldova, 2020 to present83%Petteri Orpo Prime Minister of Finland, 2023 to present81%Kristen Michal Prime Minister of Estonia, 2024 to present80%

Leaders furthest from Emmanuel Macron

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement18%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202220%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194522%

Political views closest to Emmanuel Macron

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.82%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.78%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…77%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Nebojša Tejić, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.