Jean-Luc Mélenchon differs most from the other ten candidates on “Economy, taxes and debt”, with an average gap of 2.38 points: he strongly agrees with a minimum tax on fortunes worth more than 100 million euros and with bringing back a wealth tax, and strongly disagrees with cutting public spending first rather than raising taxes and with reducing the number of public servants. Next comes “Energy, climate and farming” (2.08 points): he strongly disagrees with building new nuclear reactors and strongly agrees with continuing to develop wind power and with banning glyphosate and neonicotinoids. Security and education follow, tied at 2.07 points: he strongly agrees with legalising and regulating the sale of cannabis and with scrapping Parcoursup, and strongly disagrees with police officers and gendarmes being presumed to have acted in self-defence and with compulsory school uniform.
He is the only one of the eleven who disagrees with banning social media for children under 15. Together with Marine Tondelier, he is the only one who disagrees with new nuclear reactors and the only one who agrees with legalising cannabis and with banning rubber-bullet launchers (LBD) and grenades at demonstrations; with Fabien Roussel, the only one who disagrees with increasing military spending.
Europe is the only theme on which his gap is under one point (0.5 points): 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. Next come health (1.6 points) and “Work and cost of living” (1.66 points).
Of his 46 positions, 26 are in favour, none is intermediate and 20 are against; 29 are at the extremes (1 or 5) and 4, for lack of a source, are estimated. His highest match is with Fabien Roussel (83%), his lowest with Bruno Retailleau (33%).
