Labor law reform protests in France: public opinion by vote 2017

This statistic shows the French people's opinion on the demonstrations which started on September 12th 2017 against President Emmanuel Macron's labor law reform, according to their political vote. This survey shows that people who stuck to the far-left party La France insoumise were largely in favor of the protests.

French people's opinion on the demonstrations against the labor law reform by order 2017, by political opinion

Characteristic	Justified	Unjustified
La France insoumise**	92%	8%
Parti socialiste***	63%	37%
La République en Marche****	19%	81%
Les Républicains*****	38%	62%
Front national******	73%	27%

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Release date

September 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

September 7-8, 2017

Number of respondents

980 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Vous savez que des syndicats (la CGT et SUD) ont appelé à la manifestation et à la grève pour le 12 septembre afin de protester contre la réforme du code du travail annoncée par le gouvernement. Personnellement, trouvez-vous ce mouvement tout à fait justifié, plutôt justifié, plutôt pas justifié ou pas du tout justifié ?"

** La France insoumise is considered as a far-left political party.
*** The Parti socialiste can be translated in "Socialist Party", but its political line has evolve towards social democracy.
**** La République en Marche is Emmanuel Macron's political party, which leads a centrist and liberal policy.
***** Les Républicains is the French conservative party.
****** The Front national is considered as a far-right political party.

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