One in five French people agree with Emmanuel Macron that the programs of the National Rally and La France insoumise are both leading the country “to civil war”, according to an Elabe survey for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche.
A statement that did not go unnoticed. Programs of “two extremes” lead “to civil war,” said Emmanuel Macron In a podcast broadcast at the start of the week, a few days before the first round of the legislative elections, in which he castigates the National Rally, La France insoumise “and those who follow them”.
These are statements that are shared by only a minority of French people, according to an Elabe survey for BFMTV and La Tribune dimanche published this Friday, June 28. “21% are in complete agreement with the President of the Republic and consider that the two programs would lead the country to ‘civil war'”, writes the institute.
On the other hand, 42% of French people believe that the programme of La France Insoumise would lead the country to “civil war”, 40% for that of the National Rally.
Macron says the far right “divides”
Figures that hide a great disparity according to the different electorates. On the Macronist side, 67% of voters consider that the program of the far-right party would lead to civil war, against 63% for the program of the left-wing party.
RN voters are more divided regarding the consequences of the LFI program: 52% believe that it would lead to civil war, 48% do not. These voters of Jordan Bardella’s party are 19% to expect “that the program of their camp will result in such a scenario”
Finally, on the side of the New Popular Front, 70% believe that the RN program would lead to “civil war”. As for the La France insoumise program, 24% think that such a scenario would occur.
“The response of the extreme right” in terms of insecurity, “because it refers people to a religion or an origin, that’s why it divides and pushes to civil war “, declared Emmanuel Macron this Monday, June 24 in the podcast “Génération Do It Yourself”.
In front, France Unbowed proposes “a form of communitarianism… a little electoral”, “but that is also the civil war behind it, because it is first of all referring people exclusively to their affiliation or religious or community”, he had added.
Sample of 2,004 people, representative of residents of mainland France aged 18 and over, including 1,871 registered on the electoral roll. Internet survey from June 26 to 27, 2024.
The representativeness of the sample was ensured using the quota method applied to the following variables: sex, age, socio-professional category, region of residence and urban area category.
For questions of voting intention, only persons registered on the electoral lists and intending to vote are taken into account.
Margin of error between 1.0 and 2.6 percentage points.
