Emmanuel Macron appointed François Bayrou as new Prime Minister on Friday December 13. According to a survey by the CSA Institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and JDD published today, 61% of French people do not trust the new tenant of Matignon.
A lower popularity rating than its predecessors. According to a study by the CSA Institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and the JDD published this Friday, December 13, 61% of French people do not have confidence in François Bayrou as Prime Minister.
In comparison, when he arrived at Matignon, Michel Barnier obtained a rate of distrust from the French of 58%, compared to 52% for Gabriel Attal and 47% for Elisabeth Borne.
François Bayrou supported by his generation
In detail, men and women mostly lack confidence in François Bayrou. Women (62%), however, display a rate of distrust slightly higher than that of men (60%).
Furthermore, the results of the study highlight rates of distrust in the new Prime Minister that are approximately equivalent depending on the age of the respondents. 18-24 year olds (69%) and 25-34 year olds (68%) are those who display the greatest lack of confidence, while those aged 65 and over, François Bayrou's generation, are only 49% be suspicious.
From the point of view of the socio-professional categories of respondents, the results show that 65% of CSP- do not have confidence in the new Prime Minister, compared to 63% for the inactive and 55% for CSP+.
Broad support from the presidential camp
On the political side, those surveyed claiming to belong to the National Rally recorded a record rate of distrust. In fact, 81% do not trust François Bayrou as Prime Minister.
The same goes for people close to the New Popular Front alliance parties in smaller proportions. Thus, 68% of those close to La France insoumise do not trust the new tenant of Matignon, 59% for those of the Ecologists and 58% of those of the Socialist Party.
If the respondents claiming to be Republicans are almost equal, 51% of them still do not trust François Bayrou.
Conversely, respondents close to the presidential alliance, Renaissance and MoDem overwhelmingly trust François Bayrou, at 80%.
* Survey carried out on November 12 and 13 by self-administered online questionnaire on a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people aged over 18, using the quota method.
