François Bayrou

Political axes

Profile across the 12 axes

• Structure

  Leaning · Federal
  Federal65%

  Unitary35%

• Representation

  Strong · Democracy
  Democracy80%

  Autocracy20%

• Power

  Leaning · Security
  Security65%

  Liberty35%

• Immigration

  Balanced
  Assimilation50%

  Multiculturalism50%

• Diplomacy

  Leaning · Militarist
  Militarist65%

  Pacifist35%

• Intervention

  Leaning · Nationalist
  Non-interventionist35%

  Nationalist65%

• Economy

  Leaning · Private
  Public35%

  Private65%

• Control

  Leaning · Free market
  Planning35%

  Free market65%

• Trade

  Leaning · Globalism
  Protectionism35%

  Globalism65%

• Religion

  Leaning · Irreligious
  Irreligious65%

  Religious35%

• Morality

  Balanced
  Progressive50%

  Traditionalist50%

• Technology

  Strong · Technology
  Technology80%

  Biology20%

What sets François Bayrou apart

Ideological proximity

François Bayrou's ideologies

The closest among the 260 ideologies

• Right

  Atlanticism

  Geopolitical doctrine of the alliance between the US, Canada and Europe around NATO and the EU, which backs the alliance's eastward expansion and the use of Western military power to spread liberal democracy and free markets against Russia and China.

• Center

  Third Way

  1990s renewal of the center-left under Blair, Clinton and Giddens that accepts globalized markets and fiscal discipline, replaces welfare with work activation, is tough on crime and backs liberal interventions.

• Center

  Securitarian Democracy

  Militant democracy doctrine, authorizing a democratic state to restrict the enemies of democracy itself by banning anti-system parties, monitoring extremists and maintaining conscription and reinforced security to defend the constitutional order.

The most distant ideology

Closest personalities

Most compatible92% match

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Statesman1953–

Liberal Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009) and later Secretary General of NATO (2009–2014), Rasmussen combined market reforms with the Nordic welfare state, championing free trade, European integration, and secular, progressive values.

Also close, by dimension

• 
  PoliticallyValéry Giscard d’EstaingPrésident de la République · 1974–1981
  92%
• 
  SociallyJoão DoriaBusinessman and politician
  95%
• 
  EconomicallyNayib BukeleStatesman
  100%

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  PoliticsTony BlairStatesman91%
• 
  PoliticsEmmanuel MacronStatesman91%
• 
  PoliticsDonald TuskPrime Minister of Poland90%
• 
  PoliticsMark CarneyPrime Minister of Canada90%

Furthest from François Bayrou

• Guy DebordMarxist theorist and Situationist
  38%
• Aleksandr LukashenkoPresident of Belarus
  38%
• Pol PotDictator
  39%

Closest countries

Most compatible country95% match

United Kingdom

Liberal-financial monarchy

A parliamentary monarchy, the United Kingdom has a long liberal and democratic tradition, a market economy, and a strong financial sector, maintaining global influence after leaving the European Union in the process known as Brexit.

Also close, by dimension

• 
  PoliticallyWashington, D.C. (United States)Federal-institutional district
  95%
• 
  SociallyAlbaniaSecular parliamentary republic
  98%
• 
  EconomicallyLebanonConfessional-fragmented republic
  99%

Furthest from François Bayrou

• North KoreaDynastic-autarkic totalitarianism
  45%
• IranClerical-statist theocracy
  46%
• AlgeriaMilitary-backed presidential republic
  48%

Most compatible historical experience84% match

Republican Rome

509–27 a.C.

An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.

Also close, by dimension

• 
  PoliticallyRenaissance Florence1115–1532
  84%
• 
  SociallyNorvège · reconstruction travailliste1945–1965
  83%
• 
  EconomicallyThirteen British Coloniesc. 1732–1776
  98%

Furthest from François Bayrou

• Khmer Rouge Cambodia (Pol Pot)1975–1979
  41%
• Spartac. 900–192 a.C.
  44%
• Portugal (Estado Novo)1933–1974
  45%