In France, it is not anger that dominates, but concern.

According to a Harris Interactive poll published Thursday by

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, 53% of those questioned say they are worried, mainly because of climate change (84%), terrorism (83%) and delinquency (82%).

Still according to the study, the place of Islam and immigration come in 10th and 13th position of the subjects of concern.

Among the 10,000 French people who took part in the questionnaire, 33% also say they are angry.

On the other hand, 47% say they believe in the decline of France, while they are 13% to think that it is in progress and 39% to not know.

60% believe that politicians are the main contributors to this decline, ahead of the education system (48%) and administrations (41%), while associations (50%) and businesses (45%) contribute to progress.

For Macron, the French are lucid

Invited by the weekly to comment on this survey on "the state of France", Emmanuel Macron believes that his compatriots are above all "lucid" on "the difficulties facing the country", "on the transformations to be carried out" and “on the centrality of work”. “With us, French, no renunciation, no temptation to fall back. No resignation or fatality. On the contrary, it is a powerful desire for commitment that is expressed everywhere, ”welcomes the Head of State.

Defending the policy followed since the start of the five-year term, Emmanuel Macron announces that he wants to make the French presidency of the European Union, in the first half of 2022, "the time for a continental mobilization for industry and innovation both in leading the fight against those who, GAFA and platforms, erode our sovereignty and by mobilizing States, entrepreneurs and investors around major projects ”.

He also indicates that he will present in the fall “new solutions such as the engagement income for our youth as well as France 2030, an investment plan for industry, innovation and research, which must not to be a plan from above, from Paris, from Bercy ”.

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