Thinkers and political figures
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Emmanuel Macron
- Country
- France
- Era
- b. 1977
- Tradition
- Liberal centrism
President of France since 2017, who has pursued labour market and pension reform, business tax reduction and deeper European integration, while positioning himself against both the nationalist right and the radical left.
01
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- Labour code reform (2017) decentralising collective bargaining to firm level
- Abolition of the wealth tax on financial assets, retaining it on property
- Pension reform raising the standard retirement age from 62 to 64, passed in 2023 without a final assembly vote
- Consistent advocacy of deeper European integration and strategic autonomy (Sorbonne speech, 2017)
- Strict secularism in public institutions, including the 2021 law on republican principles
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
62
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
58
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
62
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
66
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
30
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
12
Secular stateReligion in public life
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
70
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
62
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Crime and punishment
Sources
- Emmanuel Macron, Initiative for Europe (Sorbonne speech) · 2017
- Loi de financement rectificative de la sécurité sociale (pension reform) · République française · 2023
- Loi confortant le respect des principes de la République · 2021
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