Macron's Approval Rating Slides Two Months After French Election
- France’s president rating falls to 54%, PM Philippe to 56%
- ‘Authoritarian style,’ reforms, confusion cited by pollster
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President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating fell sharply in the past month as French voters were either confused by plans for the tax system, shocked by a dispute with the head of the army or unsettled by upcoming labor laws reform, an Ifop pollster told Journal du Dimanche.
The rating for Macron, elected in early May, fell 10 percentage points to 54 percent this month, the second-biggest decline for a French president so soon after election. Jacques Chirac dropped 15 points from his May 1995 election to July, the Paris-based pollster said.