Lilian Dejean killed in Grenoble while trying to stop a motorist responsible for a road accident, little Kamilya fatally mowed down by a motorcyclist… While Prime Minister Michel Barnier promised that the new government would be named “next week”, a large majority of French people hope that security will be at the center of the ministers’ concerns. According to our CSA poll for Europe 1, CNews and The Sunday Journal*84% of respondents believe that security should be a priority for the new government.
And this applies to absolutely all age groups and all professions. Among 18-24 year olds, 50-64 year olds and CSP-, this figure even rises to 87%. Conversely, only 35-49 year olds and CSP+ are slightly less likely to be in favour of this idea, at 78%.
Slight divide between right-wing and left-wing voters
A slight divide is created depending on the political proximity of those polled. While 90% of right-wing voters think that security should be a priority for the new government, this figure falls to 59% for left-wing voters. In detail, the supporters of La France Insoumise are mostly opposed to this idea, at 56%. Voters of the Socialist Party are in favour of it at 62%, and those of Europe Écologie Les Verts at 61%.
Among voters in the presidential majority, 86% think that security should be a priority. On the right, this rises to 96% for Les Républicains voters, and to 98% for those in the National Rally.
* Survey conducted on September 10 and 11. Nationally representative sample of 1,011 people aged 18 and over. Quota method based on the respondent’s gender, age and occupation criteria after stratification by region and agglomeration category. In order to ensure the representativeness of the results, the data were adjusted for the variables of gender, age, occupation, region and agglomeration category.
