Ugo Pascolo 06:00, February 25, 2024
According to our CSA survey for Europe 1, CNews and "Le Journal du Dimanche", 84% of French people believe that France is a country of Catholic culture and tradition.
A majority opinion therefore, which achieves consensus within the population, regardless of age, sex, socio-professional category, and even political opinion.
It is customary to say since the baptism of Clovis that France is the "eldest daughter of the Church".
It is clear that more than 1,500 years after this event, the French still find some truth in this honorary title.
According to our CSA survey for Europe 1, CNews and "Le Journal du Dimanche"*, 84% of them believe that France is a country of Catholic culture and tradition.
15% of respondents think the opposite and 1% have no opinion.
90% of those aged 65 and over agree
In detail, respondents think that France is a country of Catholic culture and tradition regardless of gender (85% man, 84% woman), socio-professional category or age group.
Those under 35 agree with 79% of them, those over 50 with 89%.
Note that those aged 65 and over are the most in agreement with this statement, with 90% agreeing and 10% thinking the opposite.
On the other side of the spectrum, it is those aged 25-34 who are the least convinced, with 77% "agree" and 22% "disagree", for 1% who do not comment.
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No left-right divide
A consensus among those surveyed, which is also reflected in the light of their political opinions.
There is in fact no marked left-right divide.
The first are 79% to agree with the fact that France has a Catholic culture and tradition.
A figure which climbs to 81% among PS voters and which reaches a low among supporters of France Insoumise (72%).
Furthermore, 79% of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts agree, and 21% disagree.
On the right, supporters are the most convinced that the country has Catholic roots (94%).
94% of National Rally supporters say so, while 97% of Republican voters say so.
* Self-administered online panel questionnaire carried out on February 22. Nationally representative sample of 1,011 people aged 18 and over Quota method based on the criteria of sex, age and profession of the respondent after stratification by region and urban category. To ensure the representativeness of the results, the data were adjusted for the variables of sex, age, profession, region and urban category.