The popularity ratings of Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne each show a fall of five points in a month and a half to settle respectively at 36% and 31%, according to an Odoxa poll for Public Senate and the regional press published on Tuesday. January 31.
Nearly two-thirds of French respondents (63%) believe that Emmanuel Macron is not
"a good President of the Republic"
and 66% that Elisabeth Borne is not
"a good Prime Minister"
, against a background of dispute increase in pension reform.
According to this institute, this is the lowest popularity rate for the Prime Minister since her arrival at Matignon in May.
"This low point was never reached by his predecessor Jean Castex"
, note the authors of the study.
“No one takes advantage of the discontent around pensions”
Respondents also believe that
"if the country were to experience major blockages due to the mobilization against the pension reform"
, the main culprit would be the government (64%, +3 points in two weeks), while only 35% target the unions (-4 points).
But
"nobody really benefits from the discontent around pensions"
, continue the authors of the study: if Edouard Philippe remains the political figure who arouses the most sympathy among those polled (36%), he shows a drop of six points , as well as Bruno Le Maire (33%, -2 points) or Olivier Véran (24%, -5 points).
Among the opponents, Marine Le Pen is stable (33%), while Jean-Luc Mélenchon loses 3 points (23%).
*Survey carried out by Internet on January 25 and 26 with a representative sample of 1,004 people, according to the quota method. 2.5 point margin of error.
