Security will be at the heart of the 2022 presidential campaign. This is revealed by the latest Fiducial-Odoxa barometer of French security carried out for

Le Figaro

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It would even be a determining theme for 82% of French people of voting age.

Some would be more sensitive to it: 96% of supporters of the National Rally (RN) and Republicans (LR), 78% for supporters of La République en Marche (LREM) or 76% of rebels.

Candidates will be expected on certain specific subjects, in particular everyday delinquency, with theft, insults and damage.

"It is a major concern for 36% of French people", explains the barometer.

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More confidence in the right

For 25% of them, it is mainly attacks on property and people that worry.

The terrorist risk, for its part, only comes in 3rd position (20%), ahead of sexual assault.

For the first time, the barometer tested the confidence of voters in declared or potential candidates, always on security.

The French would thus be 43% to trust Marine Le Pen on this subject, 38% in Emmanuel Macron and 35% tied to trust Xavier Bertrand and Éric Zemmour.

"The right structurally benefits from a 'bonus' when the left is traditionally considered fragile on the subject", explain the authors of the poll.

They are only 20% to trust Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Anne Hidalgo.

More law enforcement

If no candidate stands out clearly on the question of safety, it is Eric Zemmour who would prevail on the criteria of efficiency, competence and seriousness, because considered more "innovative".

The study reveals that 79% of those polled would approve a doubling of the police force on the public highway within 10 years.

They are also 72% in favor of certain missions being entrusted to private security agents.

The French are asking for more cooperation between security units and better training for some of them, especially the police.

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