Saturday, May 9, 2015

Poll: 55% of French favor of ethnic statistics – Le Parisien

May 8, 2015, 7:57 p.m. | Updated: May 8, 2015, 9:36 p.m.

The Ménard case caused an uproar earlier this week, while reviving the debate on ethnic data. A sensitive subject which divides the French

According to a survey Odoxa for the i-TV broadcast QED and “Le Parisien.” – “Today in France”, 55% of respondents say they favor “the constitution of ethnic statistics” because “awareness of the reality is the best way to fight against discrimination.” Conversely, 44% are opposed to it because they consider ‘shocking account of the origin or race of people when recording statistics on them. ”

The divide is clearly apparent, since respondents are questioned by their partisan nearby. “The supporters of the left and are nearly two-thirds (64%) to refuse on principle ethnic statistics, whereas those on the right (78%) and especially the FN (91%) say they favor it,” notes Gaël Sliman, president of Odoxa, which deduces: “That’s one good beautiful subject for policies that, left and right, would feel the need to federate around them by reactivating their camps on this occasion the partisan divide. “

The countdown Muslim schoolchildren in Béziers (Hérault) -a practice prohibited by law- Mayor (supported by FN) Robert Ménard shocks however a majority of French . 54% of those surveyed by Odoxa declare themselves “shocked by these methods.” “This result devotes a clear rejection, the term shocked is extremely strong in terms of surveys,” said Gael Sliman.

But then again, he says, there is “very strong cleavages in public opinion on this issue according to partisan orientation of respondents”: “If the stigma is almost unanimous among supporters Left -77% declaring shocked – it is however a minority among both supporters of the FN (77% are not shocked) than those of all the right are 68% not shocked) “

Find our entire survey in the edition of” Paris. “-” Today in France “to be published this Saturday .

* Survey conducted among a sample of 1,008 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over and questioned by internet on 7 and 8 May 2015.

Muslim associations in Beziers show

 Some 600 demonstrators according to police, more than a thousand according to organizers, marched through the streets of Béziers on Friday calling several local Muslim groups and the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM). They were protesting against the remarks of Robert Ménard City mayor Monday night on the show “Crosswords” launched there was “64.6%” of Muslim students in public schools of Béziers ” a figure, he said then, obtained thanks to the students of first names. On placards that read as “Leave me peace”, “My name is Robert, I am a Muslim,” or “I am French, and Biterrois citizen.” “Our parents came to die for freedom in 40 on the soil of France. Today we do not have to head down. We are wholly French, not French apart, “said during a speaking Abdallah Zekri, president of the National Observatory against Islamophobia, Bureau member of the CFCM. “Fischer of Muslim French reminds a sad moment in our history, it remains to Robert Ménard that we put green stars on the chest. No! We gooks, they tell you enough! Stop making differences Biterrois, “he added. “I do not want to insult the Muslims do like that. To be free, you have to have brotherhood and equality we will defend ourselves, “said for his part Driss El Moudni, head of the CRCM Languedoc Roussillon. Outside the town hall, the crowd sang the Marseillaise, before joining the sub-prefecture where the protesters dispersed. Saturday, Secretary of State for Trade Carole Delga will attend 10:30 to Beziers another demonstration outside the Jean Moulin Monument by the left parties, trade unions and associations

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