Purchasing power is the top priority of the upcoming presidential election for the French, ahead of health, immigration, security, the fight against terrorism, the environment and unemployment, confirms an Odoxa poll for Europe 1 released on Monday.
For some 90% of the French, purchasing power is a very important or fairly important subject of concern.
To discover
Energy check: all you need to know about the aid scheme which concerns nearly 5.8 million households
SIMULATOR - Are you getting paid well?
To read also Jean-Pierre Robin: "The purchasing power of the French and the purchase of the power of their president"
80% of French people have the feeling that purchasing power has tended to deteriorate over the past 12 months.
And a vast majority (94%) think that the confinements undergone for a year and a half have led to an acceleration in the rise in prices, in inflation, according to the survey.
Yet a study by the Institute of Public Policy (IPP), linked to the Paris School of Economics, published earlier in November, indicated that all households have seen their standard of living (i.e. say all of their income after taxes and benefits) have increased by around 1.6% since the start of the five-year term, except for the poorest 5% of households, who have lost 0.5% on average.
The standard of living of the most modest households has been eroded by lower revaluations of certain benefits and by the increase in taxes on energy and tobacco, which weigh more in proportion to their income.
Gasoline, energy and consumer products
According to the Odoxa poll, the French believe that the rise in gasoline and energy prices has been the most penalizing for their purchasing power over the past 18 months, but the rise in the prices of everyday consumer products also affected a lot.
To the question "
Which of the following major areas will count the most in your vote in the presidential election?"
», The respondents, who could select two choices, answer as follows: 45% mention purchasing power, 30% health, 25% immigration, 24% security and the fight against terrorism, 21% the environment , 13% unemployment, 13% education, 10% French identity, 9% taxation.
Read alsoPurchasing power: 10.2 billion additional public spending in 2022
The poll was carried out from November 3 to 24, on a sample of 1,005 French people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, according to the quota method.
