Gabriel Attal’s popularity has declined two months after his appointment to Matignon, but remains clearly above that of President Emmanuel Macron, according to two monthly barometers published on Sunday.
Gabriel Attal’s popularity has declined two months after his appointment to Matignon, but remains clearly above that of President Emmanuel Macron, according to two monthly barometers published on Sunday. According to an Ifop survey for the JDD, carried out from March 6 to 14, 55% of French people are dissatisfied with the Prime Minister, compared to 52% in February and 45% are satisfied (48% the previous month).
A poll carried out before the president’s interview on Thursday
For his part, Emmanuel Macron satisfies 28% of French people (29% in February) and dissatisfies 72% (71% in February). Note that the “very dissatisfied” increase by four points. “The very strong dissatisfaction with the president is mainly focused on Ukraine and the question of sending troops” from Western countries on the ground, Frédéric Dabi, director of Ifop, explained to AFP.
He specified that “this has not happened in this barometer, regarding an international issue, since September 2013”, when François Hollande was considering intervening in Syria. At the time, he recorded a drop in popularity of 10 points. However, almost all of the people interviewed for this poll were interviewed before Emmanuel Macron’s televised intervention last Thursday to clarify his position on Ukraine.
Edouard Philippe remains popular
According to another Ipsos survey for La Tribune on Sunday, carried out from March 13 to 15, the president also recorded a drop in popularity. Up two points compared to February, 67% of French people have an unfavorable opinion of Emmanuel Macron, compared to 29% a favorable opinion (30% in February). A decline is also observed among the Prime Minister. Half of French people say they have an unfavorable opinion (45% in February) and 38% a favorable opinion (40% in February).
According to this same study, Edouard Philippe remains in first place among the 2027 presidential candidates, with 36% of people satisfied (+1 point compared to February) ahead of Marine Le Pen (34%, +2 points), Jordan Bardella (33% , +2 points) and Gabriel Attal (31%, + 1 point). The first personality on the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is clearly behind, at 18% (+3 points) ahead of François Ruffin (17%, +2 points) and Bernard Cazeneuve (17%, +3 points).
Ifop: Survey conducted among a sample of 2,017 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, by self-administered online questionnaire from March 6 to 14.
Ipsos: Survey carried out among 1,000 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, from March 13 to 15, interviewed online using the quota method.
Source: Europe1
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