PARIS: Most French people do not want France to take part in military action on Syria and most do not trust French President Francois Hollande to do so, a poll showed yesterday.
The BVA poll released by Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France, showed 64 percent of respondents opposed military action, 58 percent did not trust Hollande to conduct it, and 35 percent feared it could “set the entire region (Middle East) ablaze”.
Two other opinion polls published last week, and carried out after the gas attack, indicated lukewarm support among French voters for military intervention in Syria. Hollande showed unexpected military mettle when he dispatched troops to help Mali’s government fend off Islamist rebels earlier this year, an intervention backed by two-thirds of the public. Reuters
