How bad have things become in France? This survey providessome disturbing answers.
1. There's a general air of despair in France
79% are now convinced that France is declining
These are worse numbers than anything in the United States. Though at this rate, we'll probably get there.
2. The numbers on immigration are bad news for the Eurocracy
54% of the French say that "Immigration is not a source of enrichment for France"
53% say immigration "does more to help immigrants than the French"
39% say that it is not "poverty that is the main cause of insecurity, but immigration."
74% are against allowing mothers wearing hijabs to accompany their children on field trips.
23% say they have even witnessed aggressive behavior or violence related to religion
Only 29% of French believe that the majority of Muslim people are well integrated,
89% of French people who think that Muslims are poorly integrated believe that "it is because they refuse to open up to society" versus 11% who think that they were driving into withdrawing into themselves by rejecting them.
3. The anti-Semitism news is bad
51% of Muslims appear to hold some anti-Semitic views.
92% of Jews believe that anti-Semitism has increased (67% say "a lot")
They see anti-Semitism increased first and foremost among Muslims
More than 6 out of 10 Jewish experience significant fears for their safety (69%) and the opportunity to exercise their religion peacefully (63%)
45% tend to be careful not to show they are Jews
45% say they have personally suffered remarks or antisemitic slurs during the year because they were Jews and 71% have one or more relatives who have also suffered.
31% say they have a relative who was physically assaulted during the year because he was Jewish
1 in 10 Jews have been physically assaulted
If you want to understand why Jews are fleeing France, keep these numbers in mind. Jews are fleeing France, for the same reason millions of Jews fled the Muslim world.
61% believe that Jews are safer in Israel than in France
54% of Jews considering a departure to Israel or another country.
For those who "consider" this departure, it is primarily because of "accumulation of attacks and murders whose victims were a number of Jews" (67%). But also because of "the progress of radical Islam in a part of the Muslim population" (56%),