(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Just over a third of people in France are still satisfied with Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a poll by LH2. 35 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of the president, down four points since February.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Just over a third of people in France are still satisfied with Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a poll by LH2. 35 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of the president, down four points since February.
The popularity of French prime minister François Fillon is also down three points to 47 per cent.
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. 29, during a visit to the United States, Sarkozy asked for the country’s collaboration in drawing new rules for the global financial system, declaring, "The world economic regulations cannot go on as they are. We can’t accept a capitalist system without rules anymore." Sarkozy added that the lack of rules "will be the death of capitalism."
Polling Data
Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy’s performance as president?
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Positive
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35%
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39%
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42%
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Negative
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61%
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56%
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55%
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Do you have a positive or negative opinion of François Fillon’s performance as prime minister?
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Positive
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47%
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50%
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55%
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Negative
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47%
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45%
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40%
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Source: LH2
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 996 French adults, conducted on Mar. 26 and Mar. 27, 2010. No margin of error was provided.
