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Marine Le Pen

French politician and National Rally leader

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Took over the National Front from her father in 2011, softened its image and renamed it the National Rally, running for president three times on immigration limits and economic protection.

Marine Le Pen sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly traditional on culture and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Marine Le Pen 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.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly 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
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Marine Le Pen

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People furthest from Marine Le Pen

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19409%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 200611%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 198012%Peter Singer Australian moral philosopher13%

Political views closest to Marine Le Pen

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…97%PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…97%Economic nationalismUses tariffs, subsidies and industrial policy to protect and grow domestic industry.95%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.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: Vox España, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.