Head to head

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

If they met in the run-off

Fabien Roussel 32.1% 67.9% David Lisnard

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

Theme	Fabien Roussel	David Lisnard
Pensions	Retirement at 60 on a full pension and a 32-hour week with no loss of pay.	Introduce a funded component into the pension system.
Work and purchasing power	A minimum wage of €1,600 net and a general pay rise; VAT on energy cut to 5.5%.	No specific proposal known.
Taxes and spending	No specific proposal known.	Bring public spending down to about 50% of GDP in ten years; cut production taxes (scrapping the C3S and CVAE) and corporate tax from 25 to 20%.
Immigration	Regulated reception and republican integration.	Cut residence permits issued eightfold, revisit the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement, end automatic birthright citizenship, allow administrative detention of up to 24 months.
Europe and defence	Leave NATO, a policy of peace and disarmament, strict control of arms sales.	Negotiate a treaty to “democratise” Europe, letting a member state call a referendum when blocked on a question of sovereignty.
Energy and climate	Public nuclear power: renationalise EDF and Engie, build at least six EPR reactors, cut electricity prices by up to 30%.	An ecology “of freedom”: the State sets environmental goals without dictating how to reach them.

Fabien RousselDavid Lisnard