EXCLUSIVE
The economic situation of traders, small businesses and unemployment. These are the main points of concern to the French just over two weeks before the start of deconfinement, on May 11. Despite everything, the renewed optimism recorded on Thursday is confirmed in certain areas, according to an exclusive BVA survey for Europe 1 and Orange * published this Friday. Thus, employees are showing more and more confidence in the capacity of their company to absorb the shock of the coronavirus: they are now 65% thinking, an increase of four points in 24 hours, and nine since Wednesday.
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The situation of shops and unemployment, main concerns
If the question of the reopening of shops will be decided at the end of May, it is indeed their economic situation that most worries the respondents: only 12% are confident for traders, artisans and small businesses. The trend is similar on the issue of unemployment, since optimism is only present for 13% of French people. It is certainly 2 points more since last Friday, but that remains little.
For its part, purchasing power worries (a little) less and 17% of respondents say they are confident on the subject, up four points. But BVA specifies that the statistics vary a lot according to socio-professional categories: it is only 16% among employees, when it reaches 40% for managers.
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71% remain convinced that the effects of the crisis will extend beyond 2020
Despite everything, confidence in the country's economic situation remains at its highest level, 18%, since Thursday. If 71% of French people remain convinced that the effects of the coronavirus economic crisis will be felt "beyond the year 2020", it is still two points less than last week.
A generally simpler daily life ...
On a daily basis, the French seem to be living confinement better and better and most of the indicators are green. Shopping is easy for more than one in two (51%), up two points in 48 hours, when 59% consider taking care of their health simple (+3 points). As the weekend approaches, taking care of your children also seems less complicated for 71% of French people (+4 points), while maintaining a social life is not a challenge for 27% of them (+1 point).
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... and high morale
Only telework does not follow the trend: some 65% of those questioned find that it is still a difficulty in their daily life, ie 4 points more since Monday. As for morale, the question "what mark, between 0 and 10, would you give to reflect the level of your morale today?", The average score again reached 6.4. Stabilization at the highest level ever recorded since the existence of the survey, which has lasted since last Sunday.
* Continuous barometric survey carried out by Internet, between April 22 and 24, 2020, with a representative sample of 1,000 French people aged 18 and over, according to the quota method and the roll-up principle.