Nearly half of French people (46%) intend to follow the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a figure down sharply from that observed (66%) before the 2018 World Cup in Russia won by the team of France, according to an Odoxa poll for Winamax and RTL published on Saturday.
According to this survey, 78% of those questioned say they are concerned about the local human rights situation (78%) and 77% are shocked by the organization of the competition in this climate. For 66% of French people, the global exposure of the competition will not advance human rights in Qatar, but 60% also validate that calling for a boycott is not coherent, France encouraging Qatari investments in our country.
Public positions expected from the Head of State and the players
Another request of the respondents, that the official representatives of French football (68%), but also Emmanuel Macron and the government (68%), publicly express their disapproval. In the same way, the French do not want the Blues to refuse to participate in the World Cup (55%) but expect a symbolic gesture of protest from them, once there in November for the first round (72%).
On the question of giant screens, 70% of French people understand the position of municipalities such as Paris and Lille, which will not install them because they do not wish to support it, given its ecological impact and the situation in Qatar in terms of rights. humans.
This survey was carried out on October 5 and 6 by Odoxa for Winamax and RTL with a sample of 1,005 people aged 18 or over, representative of the French population, including 400 football fans, with a margin of error by 2.5 points.