Like leftists everywhere, the French left favors a large degree of state control of the economy, together with technocratic rather than liberal solutions to social and economic problems. This type of thinking has played a vital role in the development of European institutions.
与全世界的左翼一样，法国左翼也支持高程度的国家控制经济以及以技术官僚而不是自由主义解决方案对付社会和经济问题。这样的意识形态在欧洲制度的发展中起着关键作用。