%PDF-1.4 3 0 obj <>>><>>>] /Group <> /Contents 4 0 R>> endobj 4 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w q 170.08 0 0 120.97 212.60 579.19 cm /I1 Do Q BT /F2 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 0.000 1.000 rg BT 102.05 757.50 Td (https://www.acdn.net/spip/spip.php?article1308) Tj ET 102.05 756.30 229.66 -0.60 re f Q BT /F3 14.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 70.84 568.40 Td (International Day for the total elimination of nuclear) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 268.24 551.39 Td (weapons) Tj ET Q BT /F1 32.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 115.38 520.48 Td (Seven out of ten French) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 118.04 463.79 Td (citizens want to abolish) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 118.90 407.09 Td (nuclear and radioactive) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 142.92 350.40 Td (weapons and wish a) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 96.71 293.71 Td (referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q BT /F4 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 235.60 259.80 Td (- Homepage - News - News Articles - ) Tj ET Q BT /F2 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 314.65 308.81 Td (Publication date: Monday 26 September 2022) Tj ET Q BT /F5 10.00 Tf ET 127.56 133.23 m 467.72 133.23 l S 127.56 110.55 m 467.72 110.55 l S q 0.000 g BT 195.30 118.89 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net - All rights reserved) Tj ET Q 0.85 w 34.02 25.51 m 575.44 25.51 l S BT /F6 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 14.61 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 524.77 14.61 Td (Page 1/6) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 5 0 obj <>>>] /Group <> /Contents 6 0 R>> endobj 6 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w BT /F5 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w BT /F5 10.00 Tf ET BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 272.13 0 0 172.80 168.66 605.31 cm /I2 Do Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 581.05 Td ( Left Missiles) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 545.62 Td (FROM IFOP, 22 SEPTEMBER 2022) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 531.44 Td ( REPORT ON PUBLIC OPINION POLL) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 496.01 Td (Concerning the wish that France should negotiate a treaty to ban and completely eliminate nuclear and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 481.84 Td (radioactive weapons) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 446.40 Td ( Text preceding Question 1:) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 410.97 Td (Today there are nearly 13000 atom bombs threatening life on earth. According to the UN, any State that uses them) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 396.80 Td ("must be considered as violating the UN Charter, acting in contempt of the laws of humanity and committing a crime) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 382.63 Td (against Humanity and civilization" \(Resolution of 24 November 1961\). According to the Non-Proliferation Treaty,) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 368.45 Td (which France ratified in 1992, the States possessing nuclear weapons are obliged to negotiate the complete) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 354.28 Td (elimination of these arms and all States must renounce them definitively.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 318.85 Td (The International Court of Justice unanimously confirmed on 8 July 1996 that "there exists an obligation to pursue in) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 304.67 Td (good faith and bring to completion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects, under strict and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 290.50 Td (effective international control.") Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 255.07 Td (Despite that, the nuclear-armed States have never met to negotiate for this purpose, and they refuse to disarm) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 240.89 Td (unilaterally. What they must do therefore is negotiate an abolition treaty committing to eliminate their existing arms in) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 226.72 Td (a complete, methodical and controlled way and to ban them comprehensively and definitively.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 191.29 Td (Question 1:) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 177.11 Td ( "Do you want France to take part in the abolition of nuclear weapons and to engage with all the States) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 162.94 Td (concerned in negotiations aimed at drawing up, ratifying and implementing a treaty to ban and completely) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 148.77 Td (eliminate nuclear and radioactive weapons, under mutual and international control that is strict and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 134.59 Td (effective?") Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 99.16 Td (POLL RESULT 20-21 September 2022) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 84.99 Td ( [principal result]) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 25.51 m 575.44 25.51 l S BT /F6 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 14.61 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 524.77 14.61 Td (Page 2/6) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 7 0 obj <>>>] /Group <> /Contents 8 0 R>> endobj 8 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 789.28 Td (French citizens as a whole: 71% YES 29% NO = 100%) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 753.85 Td ( Text preceding Question 2:) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 718.42 Td (According to France's Constitution, if a referendum of parliament and citizenry is to be organised, a Bill must be) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 704.24 Td (submitted by at least one-fifth of the Parliament \(i.e 185 MPs or senators out of 925\) and then must gather within nine) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 690.07 Td (months the support of 10% of registered voters, signing by electronic means or on paper at Town Halls.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 654.64 Td (Question 2:) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 640.46 Td ( A parliamentary Bill to organise a referendum on the question you have just responded to is today being submitted) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 626.29 Td (to all parliamentarians.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 590.86 Td (If 20% of parliamentarians sign it, do you think you will give your support to this Bill so that the referendum) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 576.69 Td (can take place?) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 119.83 576.69 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 541.25 Td (POLL RESULT 20-21 September 2022) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 527.08 Td ( [principal result]) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 491.65 Td (French citizens as a whole: 70% YES 30% NO = 100%) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 272.13 0 0 184.37 462.97 317.37 cm /I3 Do Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 307.28 Td ( Right Missiles) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 271.85 Td (***) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 236.41 Td (FROM ACDN - 26 September 2022) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 200.98 Td (How the French people see the abolition of nuclear weapons) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 165.55 Td (The views of French citizens on the abolition of nuclear weapons have been the subject of three polls by IFOP in) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 151.38 Td (partnership with ACDN \(Action des Citoyens pour le Dsarmement Nuclaire \): in October 2015, May 2018 and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 137.20 Td (September 2022.) Tj ET Q BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 101.77 Td ( The questions) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 66.34 Td (Each time two questions were put to those polled, introduced by a succinct explanation \(copied in full in the IFOP) Tj ET Q 0.85 w 34.02 25.51 m 575.44 25.51 l S BT /F6 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 14.61 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 524.77 14.61 Td (Page 3/6) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 9 0 obj <>>>] /Group <> /Contents 10 0 R>> endobj 10 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 789.28 Td (reports below\).) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 753.85 Td (The first question) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 129.25 753.85 Td ( was, in 2015 :) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 739.68 Td ( Do you want France to negotiate and ratify with all the States concerned a treaty to ban and completely eliminate) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 725.50 Td (nuclear weapons, under mutual and international control that is strict and effective?") Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 690.07 Td (In 2018 and 2022, it was formulated thus:) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 654.64 Td ("Do you want France to take part in the abolition of nuclear weapons and to engage with all the States) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 640.46 Td (concerned in negotiations aimed at drawing up, ratifying and implementing a treaty to ban and completely) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 626.29 Td (eliminate nuclear and radioactive weapons, under mutual and international control that is strict and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 612.12 Td (effective?") Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 576.69 Td (The second question) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 145.37 576.69 Td ( was identical in 2015, 2018 and 2022 :) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 541.25 Td ( A parliamentary Bill to organise a referendum on the question you have just responded to is today being submitted) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 527.08 Td (to all parliamentarians.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 512.91 Td ( If 20% of parliamentarians sign it, do you think you will give your support to this Bill so that the referendum) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 498.73 Td (can take place?) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 119.83 498.73 Td ( ) Tj ET Q BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 463.30 Td ( The Responses) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 427.87 Td (To the first question :) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 413.69 Td ( In 2015 : YES 74 % NO 26 %) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 399.52 Td ( in 2018 : YES 85 % NO 15 %) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 385.35 Td ( in 2022 : YES 71 % NO 29%) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 349.91 Td (To the second question :) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 335.74 Td ( In 2015 : YES 74 % including YES certainly 27 % YES probably 47 %) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 321.57 Td ( NO 26 % including NO probably not 20% NO certainly not 6%) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 307.39 Td ( In 2018 : YES 82 % including YES certainly 31 % YES probably 51 %) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 293.22 Td ( NO 18 % including NO probably not 15 % NO certainly not 3%) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 279.05 Td ( In 2022 : YES 70% including YES certainly 22 % YES probably 48 %) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 264.87 Td ( NO 30 % including NO probably not 21 % NO certainly not 9%) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 229.44 Td (In July 2015, over 70% the French people wanted France to take part in the abolition of nuclear weapons and to) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 215.27 Td (support a referendum on this question.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 179.83 Td (In May 2018, even more wanted it: over 80% on both questions.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 144.40 Td (In 2022, their support for nuclear disarmament has fallen slightly below the 2015 level, with nearly double the number) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 130.23 Td (opposing - from 15% to 29%. The poll was taken on 20-21 September, at the very moment when Vladimir Putin was) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 116.06 Td (emphasizing his nuclear threat against the West.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 80.62 Td (Despite that, there are still 71% of French citizens who want France to engage in negotiations on the) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 66.45 Td (abolition of nuclear and radioactive weapons and 70% who call for a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 497.70 66.45 Td (.) Tj ET Q BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 25.51 m 575.44 25.51 l S BT /F6 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 14.61 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 524.77 14.61 Td (Page 4/6) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 11 0 obj <>>>] /Group <> /Contents 12 0 R>> endobj 12 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 789.28 Td ( Constancy and evolution in terms of sex and age) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 753.85 Td (From 2015 to 2022, one observes that support for nuclear disarmament is noticeably higher among women than) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 739.68 Td (men: 3 points different in 2015 \(75% to 72%\); 8 points in 2018 \(89% to 81%\); 6 points in 2022 \(74% to 68%\).) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 704.24 Td (Similarly, in 2022 as in 2015 support is notably higher among the old than the young people: in 2012 it was 64% for) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 690.07 Td (those under 35 \(58% for the 18-24 age-group\) and 77% for those 35 and over \(up to 81% for those of 65 and over\):) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 675.90 Td (in 2022 it is 62% among those under 35 and 74% for those 35 and over \(including 79% for those 65 and over\).) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 640.46 Td (In 2018, on the other hand, a very consensual period in this respect, the divergence was negligible. Compare 84%) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 626.29 Td (among people under 35 \(83% in the 18-24 age-range\) with 86% among those 35 and over. Rarely have French) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 612.12 Td (citizens been so close to each other as on this subject and on that date.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 576.69 Td (So what would be the best way to overcome those cleavages and unite the French people? The same as would) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 562.51 Td (permit all peoples to unite: to create complete nuclear disarmament, universal and controlled, in order to push away) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 548.34 Td (the existential fear and threat which are currently being used as methods of government and a basis for international) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 534.17 Td (relations - so that we can live together in peace and cooperate in solving the major problems assailing humankind.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 498.73 Td (The Atom Bomb is supreme violence, ultimate violence. Nothing positive or lasting can be built on it and with it.) Tj ET Q q 272.13 0 0 182.32 168.66 291.06 cm /I4 Do Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 266.80 Td ( Center Missiles) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F6 10.00 Tf ET BT /F7 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 231.37 Td ( Variations in terms of political leanings) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 195.94 Td (In 2018, support of nuclear disarmament existed almost irrespective of partisan difference. Thus 89% of the voters) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 181.76 Td (who supported Jean-Luc Mlenchon in the 1st round of 2017 Presidential Election wanted nuclear abolition, as did) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 167.59 Td (89% of those who voted for Emmanuel Macron, and 81% of voters for Marine Le Pen.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 132.16 Td (In 2022, 81% of those who voted for Mlenchon in the 2022 Election wanted abolition, as did 76% of those who) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 117.98 Td (voted Macron, and 68% of those who voted Marine Le Pen 69 %. If we add that support was at 66% among those) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 103.81 Td (who voted Eric Zemmour and 60 % of those who voted Valrie Pcresse 60 %, then we see the French society's) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 89.64 Td (lean to the right has a clear influence on the views of those who were polled, as does the geoplotical context.) Tj ET Q BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 25.51 m 575.44 25.51 l S BT /F6 8.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 14.61 Td (Copyright www.acdn.net) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 524.77 14.61 Td (Page 5/6) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 13 0 obj <>>>] /Group <> /Contents 14 0 R>> endobj 14 0 obj <> stream 2 J 0.57 w BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET 0.85 w 34.02 807.87 m 575.44 807.87 l S BT /F1 12.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT -38.04 812.78 Td (Seven out of ten French citizens want to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons and wish a referendum on the subject) Tj ET Q 0.57 w BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 789.28 Td (It remains true that a strong majority of French people, whatever their political opinions, still favours the) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 775.11 Td (abolition of nuclear and radioactive weapons, wishes for France to commit effectively in this direction, and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 760.94 Td (asks to be consulted on the question inscribed in the referendum Bill submitted by ACDN to all senators and) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 746.76 Td (MPs.) Tj ET Q q 0.000 g BT 45.35 711.33 Td (Democracy surely demands this.) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET BT /F1 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 675.90 Td (***) Tj ET Q BT /F4 10.00 Tf ET q 0.000 g BT 45.35 661.72 Td (