I'm currently using the 新完全マスター N2 Grammar book. One of the questions required
completing the following sentence:

> 今回の選挙では、環境税 () 候補者たちの意見が対立している。

Two of the options were に対して and をめぐって, and をめぐって was marked as the right
answer. I understand why をめぐって works here, but in the textbook, one of the
usages of に対して was described as "X についてある感情を持つ". For me, it felt appropriate
for this sentence (as the candidates have different opinions/feelings on the
environmental taxes). I would be glad to know if using に対して in this sentence
would be an outright mistake, and if so - why?
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Why can't に対して be used in this sentence?
Since they are in te-form, they should connect with 対立している. Using に対して here
may be not entirely impossible here, but Xをめぐって対立している=( _opinions are_ )
_opposing each other **around** X_ is much better in collocation. (Probably
_opposing each other/varying towards X_ is just as odd in English.)

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If 環境税（） connects with 意見, then （）must be in attributive form (連体形).

  * 環境税に対する候補者たちの意見が対立している Opinions of candidates towards 環境税 ...

Xに対す **る** 意見 is fairly normal.
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