Two out of three French people (66%) are in favor of banning conspicuous religious symbols, such as wearing headscarves, to parents of students accompanying school trips, according to an Ifop-Fiducial survey released on Monday. The survey was conducted following the release of a CIPF poster showing a veiled woman on one of these outings. 37% of respondents say they are "very favorable" to this ban.
Inversely, 18% are "rather opposed" and 16% "very opposite", according to this survey for Sud Radio. Asked about their attitude towards the poster of the FCPE (Federation of Parents' Councils) bearing the slogan "Yes, I go on school outing and then?", 22% of French say they feel anger and 25% rejection. On the other hand, it gives rise to the indifference of one in three French people (34%), satisfaction of 14% and enthusiasm of 5%.
A paradoxical survey
Finally, a very strong majority (69%) of the people questioned think that with this poster "the FCPE flatters the communitarianism a few weeks of the elections of the parents of pupils" and for 65% the poster "represents a violation with the principle of secularism". For a majority (55%), however, it "sends a message of tolerance and inclusion to parents of students".
The survey was conducted before the controversy triggered this weekend by an elected RN of Burgundy Franche-Comté who asked a woman present at a public meeting to remove his veil. Survey conducted online from 25 to 26 September to 1,013 people aged 18 and over, according to the quota method. Margin of error from 1.4 to 3.1 points.