Popularity: what impact of a year of health crisis on the executive?

One year after the announcement of the first confinement, where is the image of the executive in public opinion?

Here is what emerges from the analysis of the monthly measurements carried out by Ifop (popularity indices published in the

JDD,

and personalities dashboard for

Paris-Match

and Sud Radio).

An executive couple preserved

"We are at war!"

This cry of alarm launched by the President of the Republic on March 16, 2020 at 8 p.m. in front of more than 30 million viewers sums up the shock caused in the public by the gravity of the coronavirus crisis.

A reflex of unity was immediately reflected in the popularity of Emmanuel Macron.

From 30 to 32% satisfied, from January to February 2020, the Head of State gained eleven points at once, to 43% satisfied in March;

his best performance since April 2018, a year after his election.

This breakthrough was equivalent to that recorded by François Hollande the day after the

Charlie Hebdo,

Montrouge and Hyper Cacher

attacks

in January 2015. The former president

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