Head to head

Pick two contenders to compare their scores and their run-off match-up.

If they met in the run-off

Éric Zemmour 60.6% 39.4% Fabien Roussel

Model projection based on the latest first-round polls and on vote transfers calibrated on run-off polls. See the method.

Theme	Éric Zemmour	Fabien Roussel
Pensions	Legal retirement age of 64 (2022 programme).	Retirement at 60 on a full pension and a 32-hour week with no loss of pay.
Work and purchasing power	No specific proposal known.	A minimum wage of €1,600 net and a general pay rise; VAT on energy cut to 5.5%.
Taxes and spending	Cut production taxes and reject any wealth tax (2022 programme).	No specific proposal known.
Immigration	“Zero immigration” and “remigration”: an end to birthright citizenship and family reunification, very limited asylum, expulsion of foreign offenders and jobless foreigners.	Regulated reception and republican integration.
Europe and defence	Leave NATO's integrated command (2022 programme).	Leave NATO, a policy of peace and disarmament, strict control of arms sales.
Energy and climate	Relaunch nuclear power and stop wind power (2022 programme).	Public nuclear power: renationalise EDF and Engie, build at least six EPR reactors, cut electricity prices by up to 30%.
Institutions and security	Criminal majority at 16 and mandatory minimum sentences.	No specific proposal known.

Éric ZemmourFabien Roussel