The Bretons would be mainly favorable to the attachment of the Loire-Atlantique to Brittany, according to a poll * published Thursday in Le Télégramme .
53% are favorable in Loire-Atlantique
In total, 47% of Bretons surveyed say they are in favor of this attachment and 31% opposed, while 53% of the inhabitants of the Loire-Atlantique are in favor and 25% opposed, according to the Rennes institute TMO which carried out the survey . It is in Ille-et-Vilaine that supporters of an attachment are the least numerous, with 41%.
Asked about the current situation of a Brittany four departments (Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistere, Côtes-d'Armor and Morbihan), 45% of Bretons and 48% of the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique say that they " agrees, "while 26% of Britons and 32% of the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique do not agree. 20% of Britons are indifferent to the issue and 8% do not have an opinion. Nearly 87% of Bretons surveyed say they also feel "Bretons", against 59% of the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique.
"Electoral consultation must come"
Asked about the opportunity to launch a citizen debate on the subject, 60% of Britons and 58% of the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique say they are in favor. In the case where a connection would be envisaged, 68% of Bretons would like the organization of a referendum and 63% in Loire-Atlantique. "This is the confirmation of a feeling that we already have," said the president of the Brittany region Loïg Chesnais-Girard, interviewed by Le Télégramme . He considers that "the electoral consultation must come".
The poll was conducted at the initiative of the Dibab collective, which organizes citizen votes on the reunification of Brittany and its institutional evolution, and the Breizh Civic Lab think tank. It was achieved through crowdfunding.
* Survey conducted by telephone and online from 3 to 15 July, according to the quota method with a sample of 1,683 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over and residing in Brittany and Loire-Atlantique. Margin of error of 2 to 3 points.