Fabien Roussel differs most from the other ten candidates on “Economy, taxes and debt”, with an average gap of 2.1 points. He strongly agrees with bringing back a wealth tax and agrees with a minimum tax on fortunes worth more than 100 million euros, and strongly disagrees with cutting public spending first rather than raising taxes and with reducing the number of public servants.
Next come immigration (1.8 points) and “Foreign affairs and defence” (1.74 points). On immigration, three of his six positions are estimated for lack of a source; of those that are documented, he strongly disagrees with abolishing birthright citizenship and with social housing and jobs going to French citizens first, and strongly agrees with giving legal status to undocumented workers who have a job. On foreign affairs, he strongly agrees with France leaving NATO’s integrated military command, strongly disagrees with offering to extend the French nuclear deterrent to European partners, disagrees with compulsory national service and takes an intermediate position on military aid to Ukraine. He also strongly disagrees with increasing military spending: Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who disagrees, is the only other one of the eleven against it.
The themes on which he is closest to the rest are Europe (0.5 points), where he agrees that French law should take precedence over European law and disagrees both with more majority decisions in the Union and with leaving it, followed by “Energy, climate and farming” (0.83 points), where he strongly agrees with building new nuclear reactors, and “Security and justice” (0.97 points).
Of his 46 positions, 24 are in favour, 3 intermediate and 19 against; 20 are at the extremes (1 or 5) and 5, for lack of a source, are estimated. His highest match is with Jean-Luc Mélenchon (83%), his lowest, tied, with Édouard Philippe and Bruno Retailleau (46%).
