FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask, waves to journalists as he welcomes President of the Kurdistan region in Iraq Nechirvan Barzani (not seen) before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 30, 2021.
French leader Emmanuel Macron’s popularity is 40.17% ten months before the next presidential election, a poll by Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) shows.
President Macron’s popularity was at the highest 56.33% in May 2017 right after he took office and slumped to the lowest point of 24% in December 2018, when the Yellow Vests protests were most active.
Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Macron’s popularity has been fluctuating between 38% and 42%.
Prime Minister Jean Castex’s popularity currently stands at 36.83%. The first round of the presidential elections will be held in France in April 2022.
