Manuel Valls and Nicolas Sarkozy before the meeting between PSG and Lyon at the Stade de France on 19 April 2014.
Manuel Valls and Nicolas Sarkozy before the meeting between PSG and Lyon at Stade in France on 19 April 2014. – FRANCK FIFE / AFP

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Manuel Valls would rather be a better president Francois Hollande 72 % of the French, but it would be rather a worse head of state Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a survey released on Sunday by Odoxa Le Parisien / Aujourd’hui en France.

To the question “do you think that if he were president, Manuel Valls would rather be better or worse, rather than is Francois Hollande?”, 72% answered “somewhat better”, 27% “somewhat worse “and 1% did not comment.

Two French three not offended by the term” apartheid “

Among the supporters of the left, 58% stated their preference for the current prime minister, against 41% for Hollande (1% no opinion). Among sympathizer right, 85% think Manuel Valls would rather be a better president Francois Hollande, while 15% are of the opposite opinion. In contrast, 52% of French believe that Manuel Valls would be a worse President Nicolas Sarkozy, 47% think the opposite and 1% did not comment.

This issue causes a strong left-right divide. Among the supporters of the left, 80% give preference to Manuel Valls against Nicolas Sarkozy. Among the supporters of the right, they are 83% prefer the former President of the Republic to the current Prime Minister.

In addition, two out of three French say they are not shocked by the use the term “apartheid” by the Prime Minister. To the question “Manuel Valls recently denounced the fact that France has in his” territorial apartheid, social, and ethnic. ” You personally are you shocked about? “, 67% answered no, 32% yes, 1% did not comment.

Poll conducted on 22 and 23 January by Internet from a sample of 1,015 people representative of the French population aged 18 years and over (quota method).