Weighed down by the increase in crime, Élisabeth Borne already surpasses the president in popular acceptance three months after becoming prime minister
Three months after taking office, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is already ahead of President Emmanuel Macron in public approval polls. An Ifop survey published this Sunday by the ‘Journal du Dimanche’ indicates that 41% of those surveyed support Borne’s work, while acceptance remains at 37% in the case of Macron.
The results reflect a quite noticeable change in trend. The prime minister rises three points in popularity while her boss drops one with respect to the last demographic analysis carried out in July. Although experts consider these movements as the result of a set of factors, the sensation of public insecurity that the Executive has not been able to solve during the previous and current legislature stands out.
Three out of four respondents are against Macron’s policy in this area. More than 20% of the population believes that their cities and neighborhoods are unsafe and this coincides with an increase in crimes of robbery, assault and sexual abuse. An example was seen by spectators from around the world on May 28, when organized groups of assailants robbed numerous Real Madrid and Liverpool fans in the vicinity of the Parisian stadium of France during the Champions League final.
The president is not willing to repeat situations like this, and less so two years before the Olympics. A month ago, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced a shock plan to “intensify” the fight against crime that includes providing 2,000 more places to the urban guard of Paris and creating another thousand positions in the Police. The Olympic Games will be held in 2024 and the legacy that the French remember from their president will largely depend on their success, in addition to Darmanin’s chances of running for future head of government.
In reality, the problem of insecurity in the neighboring country goes beyond crime statistics and has a lot to do with the perception of citizens in the face of a reality where gangs, juvenile delinquency, street clashes and adjustments have grown. of accounts, often with weapons, or groups of organized robbers. There are gangs dedicated exclusively to robbing homes, congresses or tourists. As a result, mistrust has multiplied among the Gauls. In 2018, 48% approved of Macron’s initiatives against crime.
Visit to Algeria
Élisabeth Borne came to the Prime Minister’s office to replace Jean Castex and preceded by her fame as a technocrat who has participated in different strategic projects for France, both from the private sphere and from the Government, which she entered in 2017. She gained popularity in June when, before the plurality of the National Assembly, he demanded the commitment of all the parties to unite and solve the country’s problems “because that is what the citizens ask of us.” “Disorder and instability are not an option,” she stressed.
It is also true that Macron has been responsible in recent weeks for carrying the weight of the most pessimistic messages about the “hard” winter that awaits the French as a result of the energy crisis, inflation and the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, during a speech commemorating the Allied landing in Provence in 1944, the president once again asked citizens to prepare for the bill of the coming months because the Gallic people “will need the strength of the soul to face the times ahead”. are coming.” The head of the Executive reiterated his condemnation of the Russian invasion that has put the war “a few hours away from us on European soil.”
This has been the president’s first official speech since the beginning of the summer holidays, which take place precisely in the residence of Fort Bregançon, in the same region of Provence. However, the president and his wife, Briggite, are already packing their bags. Macron will travel to Algeria on Thursday in order to revive damaged relations between the two countries after the French leader described the Maghreb country as a “political-military system” with a “rewritten official history” during a speech in September.
Macron plans to “deepen the bilateral relationship, looking to the future for the benefit of the populations of the two countries.” The visit has been facilitated by the call that the head of the Elysee made to his Algerian counterpart to convey his sorrow for the 40 dead that the fires in Algeria have left this week.
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