According to a CSA poll conducted by CNEWS, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche, new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has the confidence of just under one in two French people.
Despite his young age (34), the new Prime Minister seems to be more popular among older people than among 18-24 year olds. Only 44% of the latter trust him, compared to 54% of those over 50. Among those 65 and over, the figure rises to 60 per cent. Conversely, 25-34 year olds are the most sceptical. Only four in ten respondents in this age group say they trust the former national education minister.
An Ipsos poll published last December made Gabriel Attal the favourite political figure of the French with 40% positive ratings. Additional data that undoubtedly contributed to the germination of Emmanuel Macron’s decision. We are talking about the appointment as Prime Minister of a former executive who, this Tuesday, at the age of 34, became the youngest head of government in the history of the Fifth Republic.
It is a satisfactory result, but still lower than that of her predecessor, Elizabeth Borne, when she arrived in Matignon in May 2022. Julie Gaillot, director of the CSA society division, told Europe 1:
It’s a good score, but from the darling of the polls who is at the top of all the personality barometers, we could have expected better.
Before joining Emmanuel Macron, young Gabriel Attal gained experience in the Socialist Party. He was even an advisor to Marisol Touraine at the Ministry of Health during François Hollande’s five-year term. Yet Socialist supporters trust him much less (51%) than Republican supporters (63%).
In general, it is the right-wingers who find the appointment of the former government spokesman more convincing. It should be noted that during his time at the Ministry of Education, Gabriel Attal took up an issue close to the right: the ban on the abaya, which was ratified at the end of the summer, just a month after his arrival on rue Grenelle. On the other hand, the left trusts him with only 44% of respondents.
The most cautious, unsurprisingly, are those who oppose the majority. Firstly on the left, where only three out of ten respondents, among those close to France Insoumise, trust Gabriel Attal, but also on the right, where 69% of respondents trust Gabriel Attal. The party of the right, where 69% of the followers of the “Reconquête!” movement founded by Eric Zemmour do not trust the future actions of the new head of government.
