An opinion poll shows that the far right is advancing in France

The poll conducted by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) and Fiducial for the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche and channel Sud Radio showed that 42 percent of those interviewed claimed to have voted at least once for the National Group (RN), against 35 percent who said the same in 2021. and 30 in 2017.

More than half of the participants in the category of workers (57 percent) and those considered poor (51) acknowledged being part of that group, as did about three in 10 participants sympathetic to the left, a finding described as surprising. enforcers.

The leader of the RN party, Marine Le Pen, reached the ballot in the last presidential elections, 2017 and 2022, where she lost to the head of state, Emmanuel Macron.

However, an IFOP and Fiducial investigation revealed that only 23 percent attribute presidential status to him.

In this sense, four out of 10 respondents wanted Le Pen to win in 2027, but 73 percent estimated that their choice would represent a “leap into the unknown”.

Other polls in recent weeks have also shown an advance for the far right, in a tense political and social context due to the pension reform adopted by the government without a vote by the National Assembly and in the midst of massive union protests against al-Qaeda. Issued by Macron on April 15.

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