A survey has found that over seven in ten people in France believe that crime is “out of control”, with fears that the country is sliding towards a “Mexinization” in which public authority is destroyed.
According to a poll this week from CSA for Le Journal du Dimanche, 72 per cent of French people believe that crime is out of control.
This belief is firmest among supporters of the centre-right Républicains at 92 per cent, followed by 83 per cent of National Rally, and 62 per cent of supporters of President Emmanuel Macron’s neo-liberal bloc.
The sentiment was also held by a majority of left-wing voters at 55 per cent overall. This included 58 per cent of supporters of the far-left La France Insoumise party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and 51 per cent of Socialist voters.
Only Green Party supporters were below a majority, at just 45 per cent,
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