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Le Figaro
an hour ago
- Politics
- Le Figaro
Palestinism, Electoral Calculations, Tribalization… The Lessons of an Explosive Report on Belgium, Now a 'Laboratory' of Antisemitism
Réservé aux abonnés The Jonathas Institute, a center for the study of antisemitism, delivers for the first time a staggering assessment of Belgian society. Has Belgium been under a kind of omerta until now? That's the question raised by the Jonathas Institute, a Belgian research center, in its explosive report on antisemitism, supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, one of Belgium's three federated communities. Reviewed by Le Figaro, this 76-page analysis, based in part on an Ipsos poll, paints a disturbing picture of a deeply divided society — one that is, in some respects, more antisemitic than France. 'In a context marked by a resurgence of antisemitic acts and rhetoric, surveying Belgians about their perceptions of Jews seemed obvious. And yet, no public, media, academic, or civil society actor has undertaken such a large-scale study in recent memory,' the report notes. The institute is led by Joël Kotek, an emeritus university professor and former lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, and Joël Amar, an advisor to the presidents of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF). The authors observe that 'in contrast, studies…
Axios
2 hours ago
- Health
- Axios
Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans want to force presidents to share health records
Eight in 10 Americans want legally required and publicly released cognitive tests and disease screenings for U.S. presidents — and age limits on the presidency, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. About 3 in 4 say politicians aren't honest about their health, and that presidents should be legally required to share their medical records with the public. Why it matters: The issue of presidents' health has become particularly poignant in light of the decline of Joe Biden, who was 82 when he left office, and the return of Donald Trump, who's now 79 and was the oldest president to be inaugurated in U.S. history. Trump rarely has offered glimpses into his health records. His team released a memo after his physical in April that pronounced him in "excellent health," but political foes such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom have questioned Trump's mental fitness and whether he's up to the job. Biden's White House physician had claimed that Biden was in great shape for a man of his age. But during his presidency, Biden's staff tried to conceal his declining health. Biden's recent cancer diagnosis has drawn new attention to the lack of legal requirements for public officials to disclose their medical status. What we're watching: Democrats surveyed in the poll appear to favor such disclosures slightly more than Republicans — and, overall, Americans are less interested in forcing past presidents to share their records than requiring current ones to do so. What they're saying:"The American public is sending a very clear signal that they don't trust the information they're receiving, that it's not sufficient, and that public officials should be held to a higher standard when it comes to being forthcoming about their health," said Mallory Newall, Ipsos vice president for U.S. public affairs. "Americans want more transparency about their elected officials' health. They're looking for a younger generation to serve." The big picture: The balance between public officials' medical privacy and the public's right to know has swung sharply toward more disclosure, the poll showed. It found strong bipartisan appetite for increased transparency about public officials' health, and for a maximum age at which officeholders and Supreme Court justices can serve. (Respondents were not asked what age the maximum age should be.) By the numbers: 72% of Americans strongly or somewhat disagree with the idea that most elected officials are honest with the American public about their health. 74% overall agree that there should be a legal requirement for any current president to share their health records. The public is much more divided on former presidents' health, with just 40% agreeing there should be a legal requirement to share their health records and 57% opposed. About 8 in 10 Americans broadly favor age limits for Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, as well as for presidents. More Democrats (83%) favor a legal requirement that the current president share health records than Republicans (70%) or independents (72%). The same goes for age limits and for mandatory cognitive screening and disease testing with sharable results. But in each case, more than three-quarters of Republicans, Democrats and independents support those requirements. Between the lines: Public officials aren't held to any legal standards for disclosing their medical status. While America is getting older and life expectancies generally have increased, questions about aging politicians' fitness to serve and their ability to make critical judgements have moved to the forefront. That's partly driven by a nonstop news cycle that keeps many in the limelight and can expose frailties. But the rules for talking about their health are mostly rooted in traditions like the president's annual physical. Former White House physician Jeffrey Kuhlman has argued for a battery of cognitive tests, rather than a screening exam, to assess presidents' memory, language and problem-solving skills. Methodology: This Axios/Ipsos Poll was conducted June 13-16, 2025, by Ipsos' KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,104 general population adults age 18 or older.
Axios
4 hours ago
- Health
- Axios
Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans embracing food regulation
Americans broadly support some of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s food regulation agenda — from removing artificial dyes to increasing safety and labeling — though they distrust Kennedy 2-to-1, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. The big picture: 87% of respondents said the government should do more to make food safe through guidelines, labeling or reduced pesticide exposure. Six in 10 want to remove artificial dyes from foods — some entirely and some as long as it doesn't significantly impact food costs and looks. Seven in 10 want to strengthen food safety inspections. Why it matters: These ideas are drawing support largely across partisan lines, despite politicization and many consumers' tendencies to act counter to their stated interests. Just 31% of Americans say they trust health information from Kennedy. Just 23% say they regularly eat organic fruits or vegetables. Half said they've eaten fast food or processed food at least a few days in the past week. What they're saying: "When you strip away all of the politically charged rhetoric… there is a lot of alignment," said Mallory Newall, Ipsos vice president for U.S. public affairs. "But framing and language matter," Newall said. "In theory, there is agreement that our food guidelines need to be updated and made safer for us. But there's a certain level of distrust across the board on how the government actually is going about this. And I do think it's being politicized." By the numbers: 47% of Republican respondents said they favor removing all artificial dyes from foods, even if it makes foods cost more — compared with 42% of independents and 26% of Democrats. 23% of Republicans, 18% of independents and 28% of Democrats favored removing some artificial dyes but wanted to minimize changes to food costs and appearances. Others favored food labeling that lets consumers decide, or said they didn't know or wanted no change. 48% respondents overall think U.S. health policies should focus primarily on healthy foods and lifestyles and disease prevention while 27% say they should primarily be around research to develop new drugs and treatments. That compared to 41% and 38%, respectively, when we asked the question at the beginning of March. And 7 in 10 Americans strongly or somewhat agree with the statement American children are on too many prescription drugs. Respondents were almost evenly split on whether COVID-19 booster vaccines are safe for pregnant women. But a majority (54%) said they don't trust the current COVID-19 vaccine recommendations set by the federal government, which exclude healthy pregnant women. Methodology: This Axios/Ipsos Poll was conducted June 13-16, 2025, by Ipsos' KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,104 general population adults age 18 or older.
Global News
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Global News
Canadians are ‘leading' in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos
Support for LGBTQ2 rights and visibility remains strong among Canadians and has increased over the past year, a new poll suggests, even as global attitudes continue to decline. Data released Friday by Ipsos in its annual Pride Report showed Canada was among the few nations where support has gone up among 26 countries surveyed, although that support is lower than levels seen in 2021. 'Canada does appear to be leading in its support on a whole range of metrics,' said Sanyam Sethi, vice-president at Ipsos Public Affairs. The report found nearly eight out of 10 Canadians surveyed said they support same-sex marriage or legal recognition, that same-sex couples should have the same right to adopt children as heterosexual couples, and that LGBTQ2 people should be protected from harassment and discrimination in employment, housing and access to businesses. Story continues below advertisement Globally, between 60 and 75 per cent of respondents supported those same positions. Canadians were also found to be more supportive of LGBTQ2 visibility, with majorities or pluralities approving of public displays of affection, being open about their sexual orientation or gender identity, and seeing more openly LGBTQ2 people on screen, in sports and promoted within companies and brands. Those attitudes were also above the global average, sometimes as much as 10 points. 2:14 Montrealers march against rising homophobia and transphobia on international day Although support for transgender rights in Canada was slightly below that for gay, lesbian, bisexual or non-binary people, Ipsos found it remains well above the global average and has also increased slightly since last year. 'It's really a breath of fresh air, especially when we look around the world and see in lots of places there's actually a rollback of rights and negative opinions are increasing, to see that Canada is still holding strong,' said Carmen Logie, a University of Toronto professor and the Canada Research Chair in global health equity. Story continues below advertisement Twelve per cent of Canadians identify as LGBTQ2, Ipsos said. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Canada joined Ireland, Thailand, Spain, Argentina and Mexico as the few countries that saw support increase over the past year, despite remaining below 2021 levels. However, those countries regularly outpaced Canada across all questions asked by Ipsos. Generational gender split? The report also noted a widening gender gap for support of LGBTQ2 rights and visibility depending on age. While baby boomers and Gen X men and women were largely aligned in their support, those attitudes diverged among millennials and especially Gen Z, the poll found, with more young women supporting LGBTQ2 issues than young men. That was true in Canada as well, with Gen Z women sometimes outperforming their male counterparts by as much as 20 points on some questions. Story continues below advertisement Sethi said Ipsos has found similar gender divides among Gen Z Canadians on other issues as well, beyond LGBTQ2 rights. 'This is a generation growing up together but not seeing eye-to-eye on most issues,' she said. Canadian support on all questions posed by Ipsos is also well above levels reported in the United States, where the Trump administration has undertaken sweeping measures against diversity initiatives in government, education and business. 2:23 LGBTQ2S+ Americans leaving U.S. for Canada following Trump's policy reversals On many issues — including same-sex marriage, which has been legal for a decade in the U.S. — American support has dropped over the past year and is down overall from 2021, the data suggests. Fewer Americans even said they had an LGBTQ2 friend, relative or co-worker when asked compared to last year, while Canada and other countries saw gains. Story continues below advertisement Shelley Craig, a professor at the University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair on sexual and gender minority youth, noted U.S. media and political narratives — particularly those seen in the 2024 election cycle — have spread in Canada as well. She said those attitudes have taken the form of online misinformation, hate speech and attacks on LGBTQ2 people in recent years. 'We're seeing more Canadians than before who might have been assuming everything was fine speaking up a little bit more, and I think that is part of the bounce back we're seeing,' she said. Craig also gave credit to the work done by LGBTQ2 organizations in Canada to boost education and awareness to push back on more negative narratives. 'There is a lot of room for growth, because we are not where we have been in the past in terms of overall acceptance,' she said. —With files from Global's Kyle Benning These are the results of a 26-country survey conducted by Ipsos on its Global Advisor online platform between Friday, April 25, and Friday, May 9, 2025. For this survey, Ipsos interviewed a total of 19,028 adults aged 18-74 in Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Türkiye, and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, and 16-74 in all other countries. The sample consists of approximately 1,000 individuals each in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain, Türkiye, and the U.S., and 500 individuals each in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Thailand. Samples in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S. can be considered representative of their general adult populations under the age of 75. The '26-country average' reflects the average result for all the countries and markets where the survey was conducted. It has not been adjusted to the population size of each country or market and is not intended to suggest a total result. The precision of Ipsos online polls is calculated using a credibility interval with a poll of 1,001 accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points and of 500 accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points. Percentages cited may not always add to 100% or to the sum of each value due to the effects of rounding.
Asahi Shimbun
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Asahi Shimbun
Survey shows Japanese have harsh views toward refugees
Congolese children wait to receive food rations at a refugee camp in southern Burundi on April 3. (Susumu Imaizumi) Japanese have a much harsher view of refugees than citizens in other countries and have done the least individually to help people who have fled their homelands, an international survey showed. Ipsos, a market research company headquartered in Paris, released the results of its survey of 23,000 people from 29 countries on June 20, which is World Refugee Day. In one question in the survey, respondents were asked if they agree or disagree with the statement, 'Most refugees who come to my country will successfully integrate into their new society.' An average of 40 percent of all respondents agreed with the statement. However, the rate was only 17 percent for Japanese, the lowest among the 29 countries. For the statement, 'Refugees make a positive contribution to my country,' 20 percent of Japanese agreed, the second-lowest percentage in the category, following Hungary's rate. The overall average was 40 percent. The survey showed that on average, 62 percent of all respondents agreed that 'wealthier nations have a moral responsibility to provide financial support to refugees.' Japan had the lowest agreement rate for this statement, at 43 percent. The survey also asked respondents if they have done anything in the past 12 months to help refugees, such as providing donations or volunteering. Japan had the highest rate of 'nothing,' at 92 percent, followed by Hungary and South Korea, both at 80 percent. However, responses to other statements that took a hard line against refugees showed that Japanese do not necessarily reject the idea of accepting them into their country. The survey offered these two statements: 'We must close our borders to refugees entirely--we can't accept any at this time' and 'Most foreigners who want to get into my country as a refugee really aren't refugees.' The percentage of Japanese who agreed with these statements was below the overall average in the survey. There were 42.7 million refugees worldwide as of the end of 2024, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
