Macron's Popularity Sinks as Paris Prepares for More Violence

  • Premier says exceptional security to be deployed Saturday
  • Yellow Vests leaders demanded meeting with president Friday
Macron Blinks at Yellow-Vests Protest
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Emmanuel Macron’s popularity is sinking as the Yellow Vests prepared to mount their next demonstration.

The French president’s approval rating slipped 4 percentage points in a month to 23 percent in an Elabe surveyBloomberg Terminal for Les Echos released Thursday. It’s now lower than his Socialist predecessor Francois Hollande’s was at the same point in his presidency.