Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating plummeted to 28% in March, the lowest level ever reached since early 2019 at the end of the yellow vest crisis, when the government used article 49.3 to approve its pension reform, according to the monthly Ifop barometer published by the Sunday newspaper.
The Head of State is 28% satisfied (-4 points) and 70% dissatisfied according to this study carried out between March 9 and 16, that is, during the negotiations that finally led Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to resort to article 49, section 3, of the Constitution to approve the controversial reform that raises the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
This article allows the approval of a text without a vote except for a motion of censure. Two motions filed by the oppositions will be considered on Monday.
A 13-point drop since his re-election
Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen 13 points since his re-election in May 2022. It had reached its lowest level (23%) in December 2018, at the height of the yellow vest protests.
For her part, the popularity of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne remained stable in March at 29% satisfied but with slightly more dissatisfaction (67%, +1). She remains at her lowest level of popularity since her arrival at Matignon in May.
The survey was carried out online with a sample of 1,928 people aged 18 or over, representative of the French population, according to the quota method, with a margin of error between 1 and 2.3 points.
Source: BFM TV
