Exclusive survey: revolted and angry, 74% of French people support strike action

Tax injustice, the dilapidation of public services, poorly paid and despised work... The Ifop poll that we are publishing exclusively analyzes the reasons for the rise in protests in France, against the backdrop of an explosive social back-to-school season.
First the pedagogy, then the dramatization. In the space of two months, François Bayrou, who resigned on September 8, will have used the thickest strings of political communication, in the hope of putting out a fire that he largely contributed to starting. After inflicting on us the painful litany of his YouTube videos, in which he exposed the rudiments of his budgetary policy to recalcitrant Internet users, the former prime minister tried to repaint the actors of the social back-to-school season as sowers of chaos . But the facts are stubborn: the anger brewing in the country has deep roots and seems little receptive to government strategies.
The poll conducted by Ifop for "L'Humanité magazine" highlights the ingredients of an explosive situation. With...
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