Popularity rating: Macron goes down, Bertrand goes up

A page is turning, which has undermined the popularity of the President of the Republic.

After the departmental and regional elections, lost for LREM, the popularity rating of Emmanuel Macron is down by three points, with 39% of good opinions, according to a BVA poll for RTL and Orange published this Friday and carried out Wednesday and Thursday.

Conversely, driven by his electoral success, the president of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand garners three points, at 30%.

Which promises other tense face-to-face meetings.

In mid-June, another opinion poll gave the Head of State around 40%, which he has been familiar with since March 2020. Emmanuel Macron is progressing among LR sympathizers (45%, + 8) but loses on the left, at relatives of EELV and LFI.

At 281 days before the first round of the presidential election, set for April 10, 2022, his popularity is higher than his predecessors at the same time, François Hollande (16% in July 2016) and Nicolas Sarkozy (37% in June 2011) .

The confidence rating of its Prime Minister Jean Castex has stagnated at 42% of good opinions.

The central question of pensions

For how long ?

A majority (57%) of French respondents said they were against the return of a pension reform before the end of the five-year term.

However, part of the executive seems determined to initiate the debate in order to be able to carry out a last major reform by next spring.

The president, he works in a very small committee, to avoid leaks, and should speak before July 14.

While 58% of those questioned say they are in favor of the eventual introduction of a points system, as initially promised by Emmanuel Macron, 66% are however opposed to raising the starting age from 62 to 64 years. option that could be announced in a few days.

Or postponed after the presidential election.

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