The respite will have been short-lived.
Only two months after Emmanuel Macron's decision not to reconfigure the country, the head of state's confidence rating has lost all the gains of this decision.
It is at the same level as last January.
Supported overwhelmingly by marchers (93%), by a strong minority of Republicans (47%), a good third of Socialists (35%), but rejected by 89% of rebels and 85% of supporters of Marine Le Pen.
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At the Élysée, we are aware of this difficulty, which is attributed to "image plasters" which take time to come off: basically, the arrogant and self-confident side of a president. careless of his compatriots.
This image should not have been changed by the press conference last week after the European Council, during which Emmanuel Macron refused to do any mea culpa.
The only satisfaction: despite everything, the confidence rating remains higher than it was at the time of the “yellow vests” demonstrations.
At that time, it had gone down to 21%.
But one year from the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron remains above Hollande (15%) and Sarkozy (23%).
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Xavier Bertrand: +3
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The media offensive of the boss of the Hauts-de-France region worked.
Xavier Bertrand managed to climb to the foot of the podium by declaring that he "will be a candidate for the presidential election" of 2022. Thanks, in particular, to supporters LR (57%, +4) and those of the National Rally (23, +9).
Francois Baroin: +3
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But Xavier Bertrand does not yet widen a significant gap with his pursuers.
Valérie Pécresse is also progressing (+3, 23%), just like François Baroin (+3, 23%).
However, the mayor of Troyes remains silent since the articles announcing his renunciation, never publicly confirmed.
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