These polls show that the President of the Republic received between 28 and 30% positive opinions in March, ie a popularity down six points in one month.
An evolution which is part of a context of mobilization against the pension reform. The popularity of the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, is down sharply over a month, falling by six points according to two polls published on Monday March 27. A first study, an Odoxa barometer for Public Senate and the regional press, shows that only 30% of respondents believe that they make a “good President of the Republic”, a decline of six points compared to the previous month. A second poll, carried out by BVA for RTL, shows that 28% of those questioned have a positive opinion of the French president, also a drop of six points in one month.
According to the Odoxa barometer, the share of respondents validating its action is logically declining among left-wing sympathizers, but it is also falling in its own camp, with 89% of Renaissance sympathizers approving its action (i.e. three points less). However, this approval is experiencing a rebound among those polled sympathizers of the Les Républicains party, with 51% of positive opinions, up 12 points over one month.
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, is also at a very low level of approval (28%), but her fall is less pronounced over a month, down only one point. This survey was carried out on March 22 and 23 according to the quota method, with 1,004 French adults and representative of the French population. Its margin of error is between 1.4 and 3.1 points.
Popularity at its lowest since November 2018
According to the second BVA study for RTL, this is the lowest level of approval reached by the Head of State in this barometer since November 2018, at the start of the yellow vests crisis. Elisabeth Borne loses two points in one month, with 28% of respondents saying they have a good opinion of her action, her worst result since joining Matignon in May 2022.
The poll also shows a slight decline in opposition to the pension reform: 57% of those questioned think that this reform should not be implemented, compared to 61% at the beginning of March. More than two-thirds of respondents say they are opposed to postponing the legal retirement age to 64 years.
This second survey was carried out on March 24 and 25 with a sample of 1,000 adults representative of the French population, according to the quota method. Its margin of error is between 1.4 and 3.1 points.