According to the French, it is farmers who protect the environment, not ecologists. Protesters head towards Paris
According to a survey by the CSA Institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and JDD published on Saturday 27 January, one in two French people (49% of those interviewed) say they trust farmers more than environmentalists when it comes to defending nature and the environment .
In the midst of a strike, almost 49% of French people trust farmers when it comes to protecting nature and the environment. 26% of respondents trust ecologists, while 25% have no opinion, according to the latest survey conducted by the CSA Institute for CNEWS, Europe 1 and JDD, published this Saturday.
In detail, men are more likely to place their trust in farmers, with 50% of those interviewed voting
Among respondents over the age of 50, farmers are even more popular, with nearly 54% of the vote. In contrast, those under 35 are more divided on the issue. 30% of them have no opinion, while 43% put their trust in farmers, compared to 27% of ecologists.
Rural communities are the most worried
Respondents living in rural communities (less than 2,000 inhabitants) place their trust above all in farmers (57%). This majority is also represented in the most densely populated cities, in particular among respondents from municipalities with a number of inhabitants between 20,000 and 99,999 (51%).
However, in the Paris metropolitan area, opinions are more mixed. In fact, 39% of those interviewed believe that farmers are better suited to defending nature and the environment, 34% have no opinion and 27% prefer environmentalists.
As regards social classes, the interviewees were unanimous and the vast majority voted in favor of the farmers: 40% of those who belong to the highest socio-professional categories (with 27% of the interviewees who did not express a opinion), 56% of those who belong to the lowest socio-professional categories and 50% of those who are not part of the workforce.
The left believes in environmentalism, the right in farmers
Survey results vary widely based on political proximity. On the left, respondents close to Europe Écologie – Les Verts logically voted overwhelmingly in favor of ecologists, with 70% of the vote compared to 21% of farmers. Among supporters of France insoumise, the vote was more mixed, with 43% preferring to trust farmers and 42% favoring ecologists.
A trend that has completely reversed to the right. Farmers won 84% of the vote among respondents close to the far-right Reconquête party, compared to just 5% of ecologists. Similar statistics hold for respondents who support Rassemblement National. 68% of them voted in favor of farmers, 9% for ecologists and 23% expressed no opinion.
Even in the center the trend is in favor of farmers, with 45% of those interviewed in favor, compared to 20% of ecologists.
The protests continue, the Interior Minister intervenes
Meanwhile, farmers' protests continue and Interior Minister Demarnin has launched a security device to defend the Parisian airports and the Rungis wholesale distribution center, also on the outskirts of Paris.
The farmers have threatened a sort of "Siege of Paris" whose duration ranges from five days to an indefinite period. Meanwhile, foreign products are blocked and destroyed, as in these images from Narbonne
And the police are stopped, for now, with the sound of manure
In France everything can be destroyed except Paris, so we will see how the government reacts in the next few days
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