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The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron has reached its lowest level since the beginning of his term, according to a major poll released Sunday, with only 29% of respondents satisfied with his leadership.
The survey conducted by the Ifop research group and published in the Journal du Dimanche showed an overall drop of five points in September compared with August, reflecting the 40-year battle with a series of national and foreign setbacks.
The results of the widely-watched Ifop survey largely correspond to other surveys that showed centrist approval rates fell sharply following a scandal involving a security advisor in July.
A separate survey conducted by the Kantar Sofres Onepoint group on September 17 showed that only 19% of French people had a positive view of Macron's balance sheet, while another survey on Sept. 11 indicated that only 29% thought it was a "good job". good president ".
The results reinforce the longer-term trend of French voters to turn quickly to their presidents soon after their election – a situation that has suffered the predecessors of Macron, Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.
But many analysts also believe that Macron has made a series of political mistakes, including failing to treat scandals over the summer sufficiently quickly and repeatedly creating negative headlines with comments. hard or condescending.
His leadership style was again questioned last week when he told an unemployed gardener that he had to look for a job in a restaurant or on a construction site and that he was not looking for enough.
Macron's biggest challenge, however, remains the economy, as its pro-business reforms have not yet led to a significant drop in unemployment or a sharp rise in growth.
His government will unveil Monday its draft budget for 2019, which should see new efforts to curb France's chronic overtaking by reducing public sector wages and pension ceilings.
Ifop's survey published Sunday was held from 14 to 22 September on 1,964 people.
Macron's approval rating of 29% includes 3.0% of people who said they were "very satisfied" and 26% who said they were "pretty satisfied".
Holland had a lower rating of 23% at the same time and Sarkozy had a rating of 34%.
The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron has reached its lowest level since the beginning of his term, according to a major poll released Sunday, with only 29% of respondents satisfied with his leadership.
