Gabriel Attal: 48% of French people trust the new Prime Minister, according to our poll

Romain Rouillard / Photo credit: Ludovic MARIN / AFP 20:08 p.m., January 09, 2024

An Ipsos poll, published last December, made Gabriel Attal the favorite political figure of the French with 40% of favorable opinions. An additional piece of data that undoubtedly contributed to the germination of Emmanuel Macron's decision. That of appointing as Prime Minister the former spokesman of the executive who thus became this Tuesday, at the age of 34, the youngest head of government in the history of the Fifth Republic.

This popularity was confirmed by a CSA poll for CNEWS, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche. Gabriel Attal enjoys the confidence of 48% of French people surveyed. A satisfactory score, but nevertheless lower than that of her predecessor, Elisabeth Borne, when she arrived in Matignon in May 2022. "It's a good score, but from the darling of the polls who is at the top of all the personality barometers, we could have expected better," Julie Gaillot, director of the CSA society division, told Europe 1.

More popular among seniors than young people

Nevertheless, several lessons, sometimes unexpected, emerge from this consultation conducted with 1,012 people aged 18 and over. Despite his young age, the new prime minister is more popular among seniors than among 18-24 year olds. Only 44% of the latter trust him, compared to 54% of those over 50. This figure even rises to 60% among those aged 65 and over. Conversely, 25-34 year olds are the most sceptical, with only four out of ten respondents in this age group saying they trust the former Minister of National Education.

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The results, depending on the political proximity of the interviewees, also provide interesting results, with regard to the political background of the person concerned. Before joining Emmanuel Macron, it was in the Socialist Party that the young Gabriel Attal sharpened his skills. He was even an adviser to Marisol Touraine at the Ministry of Health during François Hollande's five-year term. And yet, Socialist sympathizers trust him significantly less (51%) than Republican supporters (63%).

Right-wing sympathizers more likely to trust him

Generally speaking, it is on the right that the appointment of the former government spokesperson is more convincing. It must be said that during his time at the Ministry of Education, Gabriel Attal took up an issue dear to the right: that of the ban on abaya, ratified at the end of the summer, just a month after his arrival on rue de Grenelle. On the left, on the other hand, only 44% of respondents trust him.

The most circumspect are, unsurprisingly, those who oppose the majority. First, on the left, where only three out of ten respondents, among those close to France Insoumise, trust Gabriel Attal, but also on the right, where 69% of the followers of the Reconquête! movement, founded by Eric Zemmour, do not believe in the future action of the new head of government.