On Brut, Emmanuel Macron will address the “Covid Generation”

At 4 p.m. this Friday, December 4, on the Brut plateau, The head of state will be interviewed in particular by journalist Rémy Buisine, recently brought down by police officers during the brutal evacuation of migrants in Paris.

L’interview, postponed for 24 hours due to the death of ex-president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing could last 1:30 to 2 hours, with questions from internet users. Brut will then broadcast Q&A on Snapchat.

Emmanuel Macron “Will be questioned on the main themes of interest to young people today, in particular subjects related to secularism, identity,” Generation Covid “Or ecology”, as well as police violence, announced Brut.

It will be able to listen to a generation that is much more aware than its elders about subjects such as gender equality, police violence, racism or even Islamophobia, as shown in an Ifop poll for Marianne this week.

53% of 18-30 year olds feel “rebellious or resigned”

Often depressed by the two confinements, deprived of odd jobs and social ties or in difficulty in distance studies, 53% of 18-30 year olds feel “Revolted or resigned” and only 22% “Confident or enthusiastic”, according to an Ifop poll for La Tribune.

Emmanuel Macron summed it up on October 14 by launching: “It’s hard to be 20 in 2020”.

Aware of what is at stake, he urged his ministers to react. “In September, the president asked me to speak more to young people, which I have been doing for several months” including on social networks, said the government spokesperson Gabriel Attal.

“On the health crisis, we sometimes had a speech that was too guilty, which gave the feeling that young people were responsible for the epidemic”, he regretted.

“And on the economic side, the concern is very strong among them. There are also themes to which young people are more sensitive, such as the environment as well as discrimination, in connection with the police and the cases that we have seen ”, he admits.

49% approval

The 18-24 year olds remain, however, with the seniors, the strongest supporters of Emmanuel Macron, underlines Frédéric Dabi, of Ifop, with an approval rate of 49%, according to the Ifop-Fiducial barometer of October.

However, this rate falls to 37% for 25-34 year olds, the most severe age group towards the president, those seeking to integrate professionally, notes Frédéric Dabi.

The vast majority of 18-30 year olds, according to the Ifop poll for La Tribune, believe they will pay decades for the debt incurred during the crisis and feel unfairly accused of being responsible for the resumption of the epidemic .

54% believe they have been sacrificed for the benefit of older people and more than three quarters have suffered the interruption of a training course, the cancellation of an internship or the loss of a job.

They are 41% to denounce a “State racism”, against 30% for all French people, 60% to criticize police violence and 61% Islamophobia, with an even greater revolt among young women. In addition, 59% consider that society is patriarchal and 46% say they understand women who say they hate men.

Environmental protection: young people disappointed by Macron

“Police violence is a critical point”, underlines the expert who indicates that a new Ifop investigation Thursday shows that the Zecler affair has further aggravated their criticisms against the police.

The Head of State has also “Disappointed with the protection of the environment, where it is perceived as not having done much”, according to Frédéric Dabi, who cites the recent episodes of neonicotinoids for the beet industry and the delay in banning glyphosate.

“Emmanuel Macron has so far not dropped out of the 18-24 age group. But will they vote? “ asks the Ifop expert.

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