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Éric Zemmour

French writer and politician

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A former journalist and bestselling author who founded the Reconquête party and ran for president in 2022 on a program of restricting immigration and defending French identity.

Éric Zemmour sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly traditional on culture and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Éric Zemmour 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Éric Zemmour

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People furthest from Éric Zemmour

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19403%Bertrand Russell British philosopher and pacifist, 1872 to 19705%Peter Singer Australian moral philosopher5%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19805%

Political views closest to Éric Zemmour

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…99%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.96%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.94%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…93%

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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: Anh De France, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.