Why does the topic of security cannibalize election campaigns?
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Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin during a visit to a police station in Les Mureaux in the Paris suburbs.
July 7, 2020. AP - Thomas Samson
By: Guillaume Naudin Follow
31 min
It has always been a great classic of French electoral campaigns and, in particular, for twenty years.
The theme of security is taking a prominent place before the regional elections next month (June 2021), and probably also the presidential election next year (2022).
This topic of security is placed at the top of the concerns of the people questioned in the opinion polls, to the point of making people forget the rest.
Why does the topic of security cannibalize election campaigns?
This is the question of the day.
Publicity
To discuss it:
- Frédéric Micheau
, Deputy CEO of OpinionWay
- Jacques de Maillard
, Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, Director of CESDIP (Center for Sociological Research on Law and Criminal Institutions)
- Mariette Darrigrand
, semiologist, specialist in the analysis of media and political discourse, lecturer at the University of Paris 13, and author of the blog “L'Observatoire des mots”.
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