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French president’s popularity remains low: Poll

346607_France-HollandeA new poll shows that French President Francois Hollande remains one of France’s most unpopular presidents in the history of the country.

According to the survey carried out by French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) and published by the French weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche on Sunday, only 22 percent of the French are satisfied with Hollande’s performance as president.

The survey was conducted by phone between January 10 and January 18, 2013.

The results of the survey are the same as Hollande’s ratings in last December despite the French president’s promise of economic reforms in the country.

Hollande’s present ratings, however, are still slightly better in comparison to the ones in November when his unpopularity hit a record-low of 15 percent.

The results of a poll, conducted by YouGov and released on November 14, 2013, showed that only 15 percent of respondents support Hollande.

The results were in line with other recent opinion polls, which have shown Hollande’s standing with voters sliding down.

In October last year, a BVA survey indicated that only 26 percent of the French people had a positive opinion of Hollande. It was the first BVA poll putting a French president’s popularity rating at below 30 percent.

Hollande’s approval rating began to plummet soon after he became president in May 2012. The BVA survey showed that his approval rating was even lower than that of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had a 30-percent popularity rating at his lowest point during the economic crisis.

On November 11, 2013, Hollande was jeered and booed by protesters during an Armistice Day memorial ceremony in Paris over his controversial economic policies and the country’s growing unemployment.

An opinion poll published on November 3, 2013, showed that over 90 percent of French people want Hollande to change his policies and performance before local elections in 2014.

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