Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating fell by two points in February to its lowest level in three years, with 32% of French people satisfied with his action, according to an Ifop poll for the Sunday
newspaper
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Yet carefully posted at a distance from the debates on a pension reform he initiated, the head of state is bearing the brunt of a political and social climate that is more hostile to his government and his majority.
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It has thus fallen by a total of six points since the start of the school year in September and the launch of its pension project, thus returning to its pre-Covid crisis low water level.
According to this monthly barometer, Emmanuel Macron is regressing in particular with LR sympathizers (-12 points) and even with his own first-round voters (- 4 points).
His Prime Minister is no better off: Elisabeth Borne sees her popularity drop by 3 points, to 29% of favorable opinions, her lowest level since taking office at Matignon last May.
Survey conducted from February 9 to 16, 2023, among a sample of 1,952 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, according to the quota method, with a margin of error of between 1 and 2.3 points.