70% of French don’t trust Emmanuel Macron to keep them safe, poll finds

The poll comes after the French president vowed to restore order in the country following the most recent devastating riots.

An overwhelming majority of French citizens do not trust President Macron to preserve law and order in the country, a new poll has found.

A majority across every age group of French adults lack confidence in Macron. The most skeptical demographic by age can be found in those aged 25-49. Some 78 percent of 35- to 49-year-olds do not trust Macron to guarantee public order, while 76 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds back him.

Additionally, 63 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds and 62 percent of those aged 65 and over no longer support him on law and order.

The least skeptical age group is 18- to 24-year-olds, but a majority of 59 percent still do not trust the French president.

Unsurprising, those on both the right and left of the political spectrum expressed zero confidence in Macron. Some 81 percent of left-wing La France Insoumise supporters answered “no” when asked whether they trust Macron, while 93 percent and 92 percent of voters of the right-wing Reconquête and National Rally parties responded in the same fashion.

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