Before and after a minute of silence held to pay respects to the 84 dead, many of the thousands gathered in the south-coast resort city of Nice chanted „resign, resign“ at Manuel Valls, the Socialist prime minister. Others yelled „Hollande, resign“.

The poll published in Le Figaro newspaper showed 33 percent of respondents were confident in national leaders‘ ability to fight terrorism, down sharply from confidence levels of at least 50 percent in the wake of two major attacks last year.