Beware, minefield. While the RN threatens to introduce a bill to repeal Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform and the left is looking for a solution to do the same without voting for the far right, the population seems to support these opposition initiatives.
In a poll by Elabe for BFMTV published on Wednesday, it appears that only 11% of French people support the pension reform as designed and implemented by Emmanuel Macron. 49% want to modify it without completely reforming it and 39% ultimately want to repeal it completely.
RN and NFP voters very opposed
Comparing the votes of those surveyed in the first round of the legislative elections, we find political evidence: 59% of PFN voters want to completely repeal the reform and only 8% want to maintain it.
On the RN side, we find only 7% support. On the other hand, far-right voters prefer a partial revision of the reform to a total repeal (52% against 41%).
Even among Emmanuel Macron’s voters, the pension reform is no longer unanimous. Two-thirds of those who voted for the presidential camp in the legislative elections believe that the reform should be improved without changing it completely (compared to 24% who want to keep it as it is).
Among the other lessons of the survey, we find in particular the desire expressed by a large part of public opinion for Michel Barnier’s future government to open up to the left. 45% of French people prefer a government made up of personalities from the right, from the presidential camp and from the left. Only 12% want a government of the right alone and 12% a government of the right and from the Macronist camp.
Survey conducted among a sample of 1,000 people, representative of residents in mainland France aged 18 or over. The representativeness of the sample was ensured by the quota method applied to the following variables: sex, age and profession of the respondent after stratification by region and category of agglomeration. Online survey from 10 to 11 September 2024.
Source: BFM TV
