A survey by the CSA institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and JDD, published this Friday, reveals that 72% of French people believe that France must freeze the assets of Algerian dignitaries who reside on its territory.
While diplomatic relations between France and Algeria have become strained, with the return to France by Algiers of the influencer Doualem. N expelled to Algeria this Thursday, a CSA poll for CNEWS, Europe 1 and the Journal du Dimanche, published this Friday, January 10, reveals that 72% of French people believe that France must freeze the assets of Algerian dignitaries who reside on its territory. territory.
On the other hand, 26% of those questioned answered “no” to the question: “Should we in return freeze the assets of Algerian dignitaries who reside in France?”, while 2% of the panel did not wish to comment.
In detail, 74% of men and 70% of women consider it necessary to freeze the assets of Algerian dignitaries present on French territory. Regarding the age of respondents, those aged 65 and over are the most likely to have answered “yes” to the question asked by the CSA institute (78%), tied with those aged 18-24. Followed by 50 to 64 year olds (74%) and 25 to 34 year olds (69%).
Considering socio-professional categories, 75% of inactive people think that this measure of freezing the assets of Algerian dignitaries in France must be applied. This is 5 points more than the CSP- and CSP+, both reaching 70%.
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Taking into consideration political affiliations, the measure divides. 37% of respondents with left-wing sensibilities answered “no” to the question asked. This result reached 51% among LFI supporters, 33% for the Ecologists and 31% for those close to the Socialist Party.
On the right, 90% of French people close to the ideas of the National Rally believe that it is appropriate to implement this freezing measure against Algerian dignitaries on the territory. A proportion higher than that of Republicans (82%).
As for the presidential majority, 85% of Renaissance voters agree with this proposal to freeze assets.
The high point of tensions between France and Algeria comes from the arrest, on November 16 in Algiers, of the Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. While Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had described him as an “imposter sent by France”, Emmanuel Macron reacted by believing that Algeria was “dishonoring itself” by acting in this way.
