Paris (AFP)
The French very largely approve the main measures of the deconfinement plan announced Tuesday by the Prime Minister, with the exception of the return to school from May 11 which divides them, according to an OpinionWay poll published Wednesday.
According to this survey for Les Echos, the approval rate is greater than or equal to 80% for five measures: the maintenance of telework (93%), the obligation to wear a mask in transport (91%), the cancellation of events sports and cultural (82%), the possibility of driving without a certificate (80%) and the prohibition of religious ceremonies until June 2 (80%).
The approval is also greater than 60% for seven other measures: the maintenance of the closure of high schools (77%), the limitation to 10 people of rallies (77%), the reopening of markets (75%), a deconfinement more strict in the departments most affected by the epidemic (74%), the limitation to 15 students per class (67%), the closing of cafes and restaurants at least until the beginning of June (62%) and the reopening of nurseries (61%).
On the other hand, the reopening of schools is not a consensus: only 49% of those surveyed approve it (and as many disapprove of it).
However, confidence in the government's ability to "limit the effects" of the epidemic does not go back and remains at a low of 40% in this daily barometer.
And skepticism is reinforced even on its capacity to conduct large-scale tests as announced Tuesday Edouard Philippe.
72% of respondents (+5 points since April 14) believe that the public authorities will not be able to test all symptomatic people (of which 32% respond "certainly not").
On this question of tests, distrust is strongest among the voters of Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (84% among both), but confidence is not even the majority (48%) among those of Emmanuel Macron.
Survey carried out online on April 28 after Edouard Philippe's speech, among 1,058 people aged 18 and over, according to the quota method. 1.5 to 3 point margin of error.
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