More than one in two French people (54%) believe that democracy does not work well in France today.
This is what an Ifop survey carried out for the Décider Ensemble think tank notes.
The study also underlines a deterioration of the democratic state of the country under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.
48% of French people questioned consider that it has deteriorated during the current five-year term, 45% believe that nothing has changed and only 7% of those polled note an improvement.
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This deterioration is mainly observed by the voters of Marine Le Pen in 2017 (75%), but also by those of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (57%) and by the abstainers (61%).
Categories otherwise under-represented in institutions, reveals the study.
The observation of a malfunctioning of democracy had even reached 70% in December 2016, while François Hollande decided not to be a candidate for his succession.
Referendums and proportional voting
Faced with the perception of a disintegration of democratic life in the country, several measures are acclaimed by the French.
The main ones are the use of local or national referendums, desired by 49% of respondents, as well as the strengthening of civic education.
In addition, 36% of French people want a stronger development of participatory approaches, an improvement in the place of Parliament within institutions (34%), the election of deputies by proportional representation (33%), or even the strengthening of opposition powers (27%).
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The French largely agree on a major idea: citizens must take a more important part in the process of political decision-making (84%).
All political movements share this idea, whether they are sympathizers of the left (90%), of the presidential majority (70%), of the right (84%) and of the National Rally (93%).