Political Orientations
He is commonly classified in the "right wing" of the Socialist Party with a similar approach as the German and Scandinavian Social Democracies. During the 2011 Socialist Presidential Primary, he defined himself in the past as "Blairite" or "Clintonien" and describes his position "is in the tradition of Pierre Mendes France, Lionel Jospin and Michel Rocard".
He advocates for an "economically realistic" political speech without any "demagoguery". He voices his dissent in the party by his vision of individual responsibilities ("The new hope that the Left must carry is individual self-realization: to allow everyone to become what which he is") and his positions against a system where some people live only from national solidarity.
Describing himself as "reformist rather than revolutionary," he wants to "reconcile the left to the liberal approach.".
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