According to a poll conducted by the CSA institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and the JDD, published this Thursday, November 28, 68% of French people are opposed to a military intervention by France to defend Ukraine.
A question that has divided opinion for more than two and a half years. According to a survey conducted by the CSA institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and the JDD, published this Thursday, 68% of French people express their opposition to the idea of a military intervention by France to defend Ukraine .
Note that 31% of respondents agree with the question asked (“Would you be in favor or opposed to France intervening militarily to defend Ukraine?”) and that 1% of respondents did not comment.
For comparison, opinions have fluctuated on the subject since the start of the conflict in February 2022, like the various previous CSA polls carried out on the issue.
The latter demonstrate variable opposition (70% at the end of February 2022, 60% at the beginning of March 2022, 76% in February 2024 and 68% today).
Last February precisely, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron threw a wrench in the pond by evoking a possible sending of tricolor “troops” to Ukraine. Words which led to an outcry within the French political class, but also in other countries such as Germany.
While the conflict is experiencing a new phase of escalation in recent days, following the green light from the United States given in mid-November to kyiv to use American long-range missiles, the idea of a French military intervention is coming back to the fore. front of the stage.
According to Le Monde, this possibility was even raised during the visit to France of the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, during the November 11 ceremonies.
Nearly 3 out of 4 French women against
Analyzing the detailed results of this survey, one of the first lessons is that women are more inclined (73%) to oppose a French military intervention in Ukraine than men (63%).
Another trend: the older the respondents get, the more generally they declare themselves opposed to a French military intervention to defend Ukraine.
Thus, 50-64 year olds are the least interventionist (75% opposition), followed by 35-49 year olds and 65 year olds and over (68%), then 18-24 year olds (67%) and 25- 34 years old (61%).
Regarding the socio-professional categories (CSP), the CSP + are the least opposed to military participation by France (64%), ahead of the inactive (69%) and the CSP – (73%).
the no wins all political classes combined
On the political level, the no wins regardless of the proximity of the respondents with 51% opposition among supporters of Renaissance, 63% for those claiming to be LR and rises to 84% for those close to the RN.
On the left, the share of no sometimes reaches even higher thresholds with supporters of LFI fiercely opposed to the idea (73%), clearly above the 52% of negative opinions for those close to the PS and 55% for those close to Europe Écologie-Les Verts.
*Survey carried out on November 26 and 27 by self-administered online questionnaire on a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people aged over 18, using the quota method.
