Does Emmanuel Macron start by suffering from his latest statements?
After his release last week - where he said he wanted to "piss off the unvaccinated (...) until the end" - the popularity of the head of state seemed stable in several polls.
But an Elabe opinion poll published this Wednesday by BFMTV, L'Express and SFR puts him in difficulty this time.
In this study, carried out a week after his controversial remarks, the President of the Republic experiences a drop in voting intentions.
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He loses about three points and finds himself, depending on the candidacy or not of Christiane Taubira, at 22.5% or 23% of the voting intentions.
If the former Minister of Justice does not appear, the gap is less and less important with its two main competitors.
Marine Le Pen and Valérie Pécresse would indeed be tied, with 17% of voting intentions each.
Behind, Eric Zemmour would occupy fourth place with 13%.
In this hypothesis, none of the candidates representing the left would exceed 10%.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon would be given at 9.5%, ahead of Yannick Jadot (7%) and Anne Hidalgo (3.5%).
Pécresse and Macron tied in the second round
In the event of Christiane Taubira's candidacy, her participation would bring down Anne Hidalgo (2.5%), Yannick Jadot (6%) and even Valérie Pécresse (16%).
The former Minister of Justice would then be credited with 4% of the voting intentions.
In the second round, the President of the Republic also loses his lead, according to this poll.
If Valérie Pécresse is present, the two contenders are given equal (50% each).
Facing Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron would be credited with a victory less wide than usual, with 54.5%.
* Sample of 1,465 people representative of the French population and selected according to the quota method applied to the following variables: sex, age and profession of the interviewee after stratification by region and category of agglomeration. The query was carried out online on January 10 and 11, 2022.