According to an OpinionWay survey for EconomieMatin, 54% of French people aged 18 to 24 are considering leaving France because of the political and economic climate they can no longer stand. The same dream is shared by 30% of all age groups.
The survey carried out on December 20 and 21, 2023 is particularly instructive of the poisonous climate prevailing in our country. While more than half of young French people are determined to leave France, there are also 30% of people of all ages who have the same aspiration. The most pessimistic, according to this survey, are France Insoumise (39%) and Rassemblement National (36%) voters. But also voters for Emmanuel Macron (14%), Yannick Jadot (20%) and Valérie Pécresse (21%).
Where to ?
Leaving France to settle where? Preferably North America (36%), and particularly Canada (28%). But many are also considering moving to Germany (7%), Italy (6%), the UK (5%) or Spain (4%). There are also candidates for Africa (9%), including 6% for North Africa, but also for Australia and Asia (6%).
What are the reasons for leaving?
This survey bears witness to the growing malaise of many French people. While it doesn’t necessarily give the reasons why, it’s easy enough to understand that the older generation no longer recognizes their country, undermined by globalization, subject to exponential and uncontrolled delinquency, but also to massive and uncontrolled immigration.
As for the younger generation, the 18-24 year-olds, they see no reason to hope for a better future in their country. True, unemployment has fallen in recent years, but the job market offers more jobs at or below the minimum wage (Cf. Uber and other platforms), than real career opportunities. The best jobs seem to be “reserved” for an elite or transnational lobbies that increasingly control economic, political, social and cultural life… In many sectors, corruption has become the rule.
Loss of sovereignty
The social elevator no longer exists. Meritocracy has disappeared in business and government. Just like in politics, where cronyism has become the norm. Journalistic information, verified and cross-checked by professional journalists, is gradually disappearing, giving way to a disgusting flow of infomercials dumped on social networks. A shapeless magma of contradictory information that blurs messages, anesthetizes thought and causes people to lose their best-anchored points of reference.
Add to this the inevitable loss of France’s sovereignty, abandoned to Europe, subject to the injunctions of the United States, a prisoner of NATO, dominated by large multinationals like GAFAM, and it’s easy to understand why many French people no longer want to stay in their country, abandoned to the four winds of globalization.
France is no longer France!