An effect of pension reform. Like this government text widely rejected by the French, the popularity of Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne has registered a significant decline according to the latest Odoxa poll conducted for the Public Senate.
Thus, 36% of those surveyed consider that the Head of State is a good President of the Republic, a drop of five points in one month. This decrease is observed in all political families except that of the Les Républicains (LR) party. Not surprising, since right-wing elected officials have been pushing for years to raise the legal retirement age.
Decline of reformist politicians
Elisabeth Borne’s popularity rating also fell 5 points and is at an even lower level: 31%. A rhythm never reached by Jean Castex, her predecessor. Even Édouard Philippe, who faced strong opposition when advocating for pension reform, he was more popular at the time. Thus it reached 35% in December 2019.
Like the Prime Minister and the President, personalities who defend pension reform are seeing their popularity fall. Thus, the rating of support for Edouard Philippe fell 6 points (36%), that of the government spokesman Olivier Véran 5 points (24%) and that of the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire 4 points (26%). .
We see the same trend with the president of the Les Républicains party, Éric Ciotti. The deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes is in favor of the executive’s project. Consequence: his popularity drops 5 points and is now at 12%.
Oppositions and union leaders do not benefit
The poll also attests to the government’s defeat in the battle for public opinion. Thus, in the event of major blockades during the demonstrations against the pension reform, 64% of the French will hold the government responsible.
However, these bad figures from the executive do not correlate with encouraging trends from the main political leaders opposed to the reform. Thus, the popularity rating of Marine Le Pen remains stable (23%) and those of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (23%), Olivier Faure (11%), first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), and Marine Tondelier, secretary National Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) down one point.
The observation is the same for union leaders. Thus, 67% of those consulted have a bad opinion of Philippe Martínez, general secretary of the CGT. For Laurent Berger, his counterpart at the CFDT, this rate reaches 60%.
Source: BFM TV
