Jsince his inauguration at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron has never appeared alone amidst political chaos. The latest figures from the Ifop monthly barometer for Sunday Newspaperconfirming a persistent atony: the head of state remains stuck at a satisfaction level of 16%, stuck at the lowest level since the start of his five-year term.
The stagnation is getting worse as the proportion of people who are very dissatisfied – 56% – has reached a historic peak. “It’s gone, he won’t recover it”, stressed Frédéric Dabi, general director of Ifop, quoted by JDD.
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In this climate of widespread distrust, Sébastien Lecornu, who until recently maintained a more balanced image, now finds himself drawn into the same mess. For the first time, the Prime Minister endured the cold anger directed at the executive. Its rating fell four points in November, to 34% satisfied. The erosion is brutal, revealing the increasing difficulty of maintaining direction as he tries to reach a budgetary compromise with fragmented political forces.
Unpopularity is increasing
The mechanisms are endless: what influences the current president spreads throughout the macronie. “Even the most reassuring macro figures are starting to be contaminated by the president’s unpopularity,” says Frédéric Dabi. A form of political contagion, slow but inevitable, and most struggling to contain its effects.
With a satisfaction level of 16%, Emmanuel Macron is now approaching the level of satisfaction once achieved by François Hollande, whose record of 13% satisfaction still haunts the corridors of power. But what was most striking was the intensity of its rejection: France had never expressed such radical disapproval. “The French paint a very negative image” of the President of the Republic, summarizes Frédéric Dabi, in the face of distrust that has become structural.
