(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Fewer adults in France hold a positive opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien. 36 per cent of respondents have confidence in their president to face the country’s problems, down four points since February.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Fewer adults in France hold a positive opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien. 36 per cent of respondents have confidence in their president to face the country’s problems, down four points since February.
In addition, 42 per cent of respondents have confidence in French prime minister François Fillon, down one point in a month.
In May 2007, Sarkozy, candidate for the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and former interior minister, won the presidential run-off with 53.06 per cent of the vote. Sarkozy appointed Fillon—who had been his adviser and presidential campaign leader—as prime minister.
On Mar. 13, Sarkozy expressed disappointment with the decision of Britain’s Conservative leader David Cameron to abandon the continental European People’s Party (EPP), saying, "I remain convinced that the position of our British friends is bang in the middle of Europe. (…) The EPP is a good thing and I regret him (Cameron) having pulled out."
Polling Data
Do you have confidence in French president Nicolas Sarkozy to face the country’s problems?
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Confidence
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36%
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40%
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41%
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No confidence
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58%
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56%
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52%
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Do you have confidence in French prime minister François Fillon to face the country’s problems?
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Confidence
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42%
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43%
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42%
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No confidence
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51%
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51%
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50%
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Source: CSA / Le Parisien
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,006 French adults, conducted on Mar. 2 and Mar. 3, 2010. No margin of error was provided.
