What is the most significant event of the year 2024 for the French, according to a survey?

2024 is coming to an end and 2025 is just around the corner. In two days, the French will enter a new year, in the cold and under the snow. Indeed, forecasters are predicting inclement weather for the first days of January, while the fall had already been marked by heavy showers. So much so that there was talk of record rainfall over the whole year, in several cities including Paris. THE floods in France (Valence, Gard) which resulted have also strongly challenged our fellow citizens, according to the results of a survey published by The Sunday Tribune on December 29 and which highlight the most notable events of the year.

The institute Ipsos has just revealed this study carried out on a national sample representative of the French population aged 18 and over, in mid-December. These floods come in fourth place (29%), just ahead of the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral (27%), fifth, which took place on Saturday December 7 in the presence of numerous personalities working in the world of culture or in political life, as well as several heads of state and even Donald Trump. The Republican candidate had just won the American presidential election facing his rival Kamala Harris, he was therefore received in the same capacity as Jill Biden, the wife of Joe Biden who represented him. His victory on November 5 is also one of the notable events of the year 2024 according to this survey, in second place (37%).

An event with international influence at the forefront

Without much surprise, at the top of the list we find the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (43%). Although we had heard about it throughout last winter and spring, the sporting event brought people together in the stands and in front of television sets. It must be said that we pulled out all the stops, particularly for the various opening and closing ceremonies which saw the succession of several artists from different backgrounds including Celine Dionwhich operated its comeback after two years of media withdrawal due to illness. On the other hand, the singer does not appear in the best places in the ranking bringing together the women who marked the year 2024 according to the French, unlike Mylène Farmer, Audrey Fleurot or even Marine Le Pen.

What about third place? It is occupied by the dissolution of the National Assembly decided and announced by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron after the results of the European elections which saw the National Rally triumph were published. Follows a little further down Mazan trial (25%), bib number 6, which condemned Dominique Pelicot and the dozens of men accused of having raped or sexually assaulted Gisèle Pelicot without her knowledge between 2011 and 2020. Then the accusations of sexual abuse against Abbé Pierre which had a great impact and affected the members of its foundation (24%). The singer Nolwenn Leroy, who is one of his godmothers, spoke to call on the French not to confuse the man and his work. Follow the motion of censure voted in the National Assembly against the government of Michel Barnier which led to his fall in favor of François Bayrou newly appointed in his place (23%) and, at the back of the pack in the Top 10, the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Syria (22%).

Disparities according to age and political sensitivity

Jumbled together, the deaths of two actors also appear in this ranking: Michel Blanc – who is one of the most searched personalities on Google France in 2024 – and that ofAlain Delonthen the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle Eastas well as the return of Celine Dion (7%), 17th tied with departure of Kylian Mbappé from PSGand behind the announcement of the retirement of tennis player Rafael Nadal (8%). We can also talk about the last Taylor Swift world tour a you trial of the parliamentary assistants of the National Rally.

Note also that the subject of the Paris Olympic Games is leading among both men and women. But also that depending on age and political sensitivities, notable disparities should be highlighted. They are also for all age groups except for those aged 60-69 who were more sensitive to the dissolution of the National Assembly. We also notice that on the Left and as far as the Center-Right, the large sports gathering also manages to rank in first position, while on the Right and the RN we were much more marked by the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris and the dissolution, respectively.

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