France Sets Feb. 12 Debate on Non‑EU Local Voting Rights as New Poll Finds 71% Opposition

Overview

• The National Assembly’s law commission adopted a text to extend municipal voting and eligibility to non‑EU residents, with a floor debate scheduled for February 12.
• Ecologists will use their parliamentary time on February 12 to table a bill on non‑EU local voting and have revived a path aimed at forcing a referendum.
• Party alignments remain stark: 92% of Les Républicains supporters oppose the change, 70% of Renaissance sympathizers oppose it, and 89% of Rassemblement national and Reconquête backers reject it, while 62% of LFI supporters favor it.
• Opposition is broad across demographics, with 71% of men and 70% of women against the measure and resistance higher among older voters, including 78% of those aged 50–64 and 77% of those 65 and over.
• The CSA poll was conducted online February 5–6 with a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults using quota sampling and post‑stratification weighting.