Thinkers and political figures
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Marine Le Pen
- Country
- France
- Era
- b. 1968
- Tradition
- National populism
Leader who took over her father’s far-right party, expelled him, dropped its open antisemitism and much of its economic liberalism, and brought it from the fringe to the second round of two presidential elections.
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.
- Advocates "national priority" giving French citizens precedence in housing, employment and welfare
- Calls for sharp reductions in immigration and an end to birthright and dual citizenship in most cases
- Moved the party from free-market positions towards defending pensions, public services and state intervention
- Abandoned the commitment to leave the euro and the European Union in favour of renegotiating from within
- Supports strict laïcité applied particularly to visible Islamic practice, including headscarves in public places
- Advocates leaving NATO’s integrated command and favoured closer relations with Russia before 2022
- Expelled her father from the party in 2015 over his repeated minimisation of the Holocaust
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
42
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Documented
The state in the economy
38
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Documented
Personal liberty
22
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
12
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
96
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
30
Secular stateReligion in public life
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
30
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
35
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Documented
Crime and punishment
12
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
- Rassemblement National, Programme présidentiel · 2022
- Daniel Stockemer, The Front National in France · Springer · 2017
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