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Poll shows majority of French people enter 2017 on rosy note

Xinhua, January 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

After a year tainted by attacks and persistent rise in unemployment, a majority of French people entered the new year on optimistic note, hoping things are going to get better in 2017, a survey showed on Monday.

A poll conducted by Harris Interactive for RTL radio found that 58 percent of French people believed that the situation would be better this year, with three quarters of respondents aged under 35 expressing optimism about the new year.

As the presidential election is approaching, "no candidate for the presidential election will arouse a renewed optimism of a majority of the French," but they hope to see "a president who has the stature and firmness to make France recovering" at the Elysee Palace for the next five years, the poll showed.

About 78 percent of 2,295 interviewed respondents expressed worries over terrorist threats this year. Underemployment and social system including purchasing power also topped the French priorities for the next 12 months.

The online survey was conducted on Dec. 27-29 in 2016. Endit