According to the results of a CSA survey for Europe 1, CNews and the “Journal du Dimanche”, 72% of French people want the French government to be able to block the bank accounts and other financial assets of Algerian dignitaries residing in France. In detail, the supporters of the RN are the most favorable, ahead of those of Renaissance and the Republicans.
This Friday, January 10, the return to France of an Algerian influencer deported to Algeria provoked the anger of Bruno Retailleau, French Minister of the Interior, thus risking further deterioration of relations already tense between the two countries for several months .
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“We have reached an extremely worrying threshold with Algeria,” declared Bruno Retailleau during a trip to Nantes devoted to the issue of visas. “I think that France can no longer tolerate this situation,” he added, stressing the need to examine “all means” available to “defend our interests” against Algeria.
Among the solutions envisaged is the blocking of bank accounts and financial assets of Algerian officials residing in France. A measure that seems to please a majority of French people. According to a survey by the CSA institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and JDD*, published this Friday January 10, 72% of French people support this option.
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90% of RN supporters support this measure
The results show almost similar support between men (74%) and women (70%). The opinions of respondents according to the different age groups diverge only slightly, with support more marked among young people aged 18-24 and seniors aged 65 and over, where the proportion of supporters reached 78%, against 64% among 35-49 year olds.
Support is also similar among socio-professional categories, with 70% of CSP+ and CSP- in favor of freezing assets, and 75% of inactive people.
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However, notable differences appear depending on political affinities. Thus, 90% of respondents sympathetic to the National Rally and 82% of Republicans support this measure, a percentage comparable to that of Renaissance voters (85%). On the left, support is less marked, with only 61% of French people in favor, including 48% within La France insoumise.
*Representative national sample of 1,000 people aged 18 and over Quota method based on the criteria of sex, age and profession of the respondent after stratification by region and urban category. To ensure the representativeness of the results, the data were adjusted for the variables of sex, age, profession, region and urban category.
