HALF OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE WANT A ‘SOCIAL EXPLOSION’ OR A ‘NEW PROTEST MOVEMENT’: SURVEY

Sat 07 January 2023:

As the details of the French government’s highly controversial new pension reform plan emerge, a poll found that 52% of those surveyed want to see France experience a “social explosion” in the coming months, with the rise of a “Yellow Vests-type movement.”

This is the finding of a survey conducted Thursday by the French polling institute Ifop, which also discovered that 79% of respondents believe the scenario of an impending “social explosion,” including a new protest movement, is feasible.

It is the polling institute’s second highest figure since it was founded in 1998.

Only in November 2020 was the figure higher, at 85%. At that time, it was due to the government’s strict coronavirus restrictions, including a second lockdown.

According to the latest survey, 48% of French people are “outraged” over the country’s economic and social situation.

Some 32% declared that they are “resigned” to the situation, while only 18% said they are “confident.”

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