Economic school: Gaullist centre-right étatiste liberalism — cautious liberalisation under a Gaullist protective umbrella with no fundamental break from the French social model. Left-right axis: centre-right politically, mixed economically. Dated policies: Fillon pension reform August 2003 (raising required contribution years in public sector toward private parity); 35-hour-week partial rollback via 2003 Loi Fillon on working time authorising overtime relaxations; CPE "Contrat première embauche" March 2006 proposal (withdrawn April 2006 after protests); constitutional referendum May 2005 on EU Constitutional Treaty (rejected 54.7% No); banlieue riots October-November 2005 → état d'urgence; CNE "Contrat nouvelles embauches" 2005 for small firms. Popularity: 2002 Chirac re-elected 82% vs Le Pen in second round (anti-Le Pen vote); UMP legislatives 2002 strong; Raffarin approval collapsed after 2003 pension reform strikes; Villepin approval collapsed after CPE withdrawal. Coherence: low — reform attempts repeatedly withdrawn or diluted under street pressure; 2005 riots and EU- referendum No vote punctured mandate.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
decreased · weak
smaller transfer footprint
Fillon pension reform raised contribution years — mild transfer compression.