More than half of French people believe the government could do more to stop terror attacks, according to a poll published on Thursday, six days after fresh bloodshed in the country.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents say that French President Emmanuel Macron and his administration are not using “all the necessary means in the fight against the terrorist threat in France,” according to the study by the Elabe polling group.
Among the measures that drew the greatest support were expelling foreign nationals on France’s terror watchlist (backed by 80 percent of respondents), and preventing French jihadists returning from Syria and Iraq (78 percent).
These measures, which experts point out would likely face legal challenges, have been championed by the far-right National Front party which also proposes a crackdown on dual nationals convicted of terrorism offenses.
Seven in ten respondents back proposals to strip any dual national jihadist of their French passport, something proposed in 2015 and then abandoned by Macron’s predecessor Francois Hollande.
— AFP
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