Would leaving the "hell" of Matignon bring closer to the hearts of the French? Less than three weeks after giving up his chair as prime minister, Édouard Philippe becomes the first favorite personality of the French, according to two recent opinion polls published on July 16 and 21.
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On the front line during the health crisis, the former head of government snatched this coveted title from the ecologist Nicolas Hulot, with different levels according to the polls - 43% of French people wanting to see him exercise more influence in life political (BVA for RTL and Orange) and 56% of favorable opinions (Ipsos for Le Point). Appointed to Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, already minister under Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, enters the Ipsos- Le Point barometer by rising to second place (47%). It relegates its distant predecessor, Jack Lang, from second to seventh place (39%).
Castex at the same level as Philippe upon his appointment
Édouard Philippe rises very high (78% of favorable opinions, according to Ipsos) in the political temple of right-wing sympathizers, without a leader two years before the presidential election. The defector of the Republicans, back at the head of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), obtains his best score among the centrists (86%).
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But he does not share the rise in his popularity with Emmanuel Macron, immobilized below the 40% level of favorable opinions (39%, +1 point compared to last month). As for his successor, Jean Castex, he is still little known to the population: 40% of the French do not express judgment on him. However, one in three citizens (33%) views the new prime minister positively. A level of popularity already proven (31%) in May 2017, when he arrived in Matignon, by a certain Édouard Philippe.
