A new poll shows that French confidence in the govenment and its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has dropped sharply, despite a reasonably high level of individual optimism. Figures show people are anxious with regard to the easing of lockdown measures from 11 May, reports RFI.
The poll was carried out by Harris Interactive on 20 and 21 April at the request of LCI television based on 928 people, 18 years and older from different areas of France.
This is the fifth weekly poll in a row, set up to gauge how the French are coping with the lockdown measures designed to curb the spread of coronavirus, which came in to effect on 17 March.
Published on Wednesday, the poll showed a majority of French people are coping with confinement reasonably well, with 57 percent saying they feel positive with occasional dips in confidence.
Fluctuations were observed before and after the televised speeches of President Emmanuel Macron and the press conference of the health minister Olivier and mrime minister Édouard Philippe.