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Emmanuel Macron

President of France, 2017 to present

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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 strongly secular on religion, strongly interventionist on interventionism and leaning tech-optimist on technology.

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Where Emmanuel Macron sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person'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
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Emmanuel Macron

Kristen Michal Prime Minister of Estonia, 2024 to present99%Kaja Kallas EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, 2024 to present99%Petteri Orpo Prime Minister of Finland, 2023 to present98%Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland, 2007 to 2014 and 2023 to present98%Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 202698%Thomas Friedman American columnist and author97%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199197%François Hollande President of France, 2012 to 201797%

People furthest from Emmanuel Macron

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19108%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 19808%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement12%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199516%

Political views closest to Emmanuel Macron

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.97%Humanitarian interventionismHolds that outside powers may use force to stop genocide and mass atrocities, even…96%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.95%TechnocracyPrefers that trained experts rather than politicians make key decisions.94%

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