Research skyrockets with rising protests from Macron | World

The demonstrations that have rocked France since November have further reduced Macron's approval late last year, as its popularity dropped to record levels amid protests that began with the government. dissatisfaction with the price of gasoline.

Costs were repealed in early December and since then Macron has taken other steps to appease the protests, including increasing wages for the poorest.

After two consecutive months of decline, the approval rate of the 41-year-old president jumped 5 percentage points to 28% in January from the previous month, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Paris Match magazine. and South Radio.

Other recent research has also shown an improvement in Macron's popularity at the end of December, albeit a minor one.

The Ifop Institute survey was conducted among 1,014 people between January 3 and 4, before the most recent gatherings last Saturday, when demonstrators set fire to motorcycles and set up barricades in flames. in Paris.

The French government has hardened and said it will further attack unreported protests and demonstrable violence.

Attendance at protests throughout France has increased on the weekend after losing its breath during the holiday season.

Ifop's respondents said that Macron's greatest success was in defending France's interests outside the country, but only 19 percent said he believed he understood the concerns of voters. At the same time, 30% approved their economic policies.

Elected in mid-2017 with a platform for economic liberalization, Macron promised to complete its program of reform and restructuring of French institutions, despite the crisis of "yellow jackets".

With the next European elections, scheduled for May – another great test for Macron – the far-right National Congress, formerly known as the National Front led by Marine Le Pen, s & # 39, is reinforced, according to Ifop research.