French political parties on the political compass (2024)
Where the National Rally, Renaissance, La France insoumise, the Socialists, the Republicans and five other French parties stand on the economic and social axes, using 2024 expert survey data.
Written by Ottavio Malatacca · Updated
- Radical right
- Conservative
- Liberal
- Socialist
- Radical left
- Green
Reading the map
The National Rally, the largest opposition party, and Renaissance, the President's party, are almost level on the economic axis (+2.0 and +2.4) and far apart on the social one (+6.7 against −1.8). What separates them first is culture, not economics. On economics, the Republicans (+5.6) and Reconquête (+6.7) are both further right than the National Rally.
La France insoumise is the most economically left-wing of all 50 parties covered on this site (−8.2), ahead of the Communist Party (−7.5). The two differ on the social axis, where the Communists (−2.9) are much closer to the centre than La France insoumise (−6.4). Experts rate the National Rally's economic position as the most blurred in France: 5.0 on a 0–10 scale of vagueness.
On Europe, the National Rally (2.2) and Reconquête (1.6) are clearly opposed to further integration on CHES's 1–7 scale, while La France insoumise (3.0) and the Communists (3.1) lean against it; MoDem is the most pro-European (6.8). On immigration, the National Rally (9.5) and Reconquête (9.7) are at the opposite end from La France insoumise (1.5) and Les Écologistes (1.6).
Every party, by the numbers
| Party | Family | Vote 2024 | Economic | Social |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RN · National Rally Rassemblement national |
Radical right | 37.1% | +2.0 | +6.7 |
RE · Renaissance |
Liberal | 15.4% | +2.4 | −1.8 |
LFI · La France insoumise |
Radical left | 11.2% | −8.2 | −6.4 |
PS · Socialist Party Parti socialiste |
Socialist | 9.9% | −3.3 | −4.5 |
LR · The Republicans Les Républicains |
Conservative | 9.0% | +5.6 | +4.4 |
MoDem · Democratic Movement Mouvement démocrate |
Liberal | 5.1% | +1.4 | −1.0 |
LE · The Ecologists Les Écologistes |
Green | 4.8% | −5.4 | −6.6 |
HOR · Horizons |
Liberal | 4.0% | +3.6 | +0.6 |
PCF · French Communist Party Parti communiste français |
Radical left | 1.2% | −7.5 | −2.9 |
REC · Reconquest Reconquête |
Radical right | 0.8% | +6.7 | +8.2 |
Economic: −10 left, +10 right. Social: −10 libertarian, +10 authoritarian. A dash means the dataset records no vote share for that election.
Where they stand on specific issues
Expert ratings on CHES's own scales: 0 to 10, except European integration, which runs from 1 to 7. The bar shows how far along the scale each party sits.
| Party | EU integration | Redistribution | Services vs taxes | Immigration | Climate policy | LGBTQ+ rights | Civil liberties vs law and order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN | 2.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.8 |
| RE | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| LFI | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| PS | 6.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| LR | 5.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.8 |
| MoDem | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| LE | 6.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| HOR | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| PCF | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| REC | 1.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
What the scales mean
- EU integration
- 1 strongly against → 7 strongly in favour
- Redistribution
- 0 strongly in favour → 10 strongly against
- Services vs taxes
- 0 improve public services → 10 cut taxes
- Immigration
- 0 liberal policy → 10 restrictive policy
- Climate policy
- 0 climate first, even at a cost to growth → 10 growth first
- LGBTQ+ rights
- 0 strongly supports → 10 strongly opposes
- Civil liberties vs law and order
- 0 civil liberties → 10 tough on crime
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Source: Chapel Hill Expert Survey 2024 (Rovny et al., 2025). Conversion to the compass and commentary: PolitiCompass.