(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – French president Nicolas Sarkozy remains highly unpopular, according to a poll by Ifop published in Paris Match. 66 per cent of respondents disapprove of Sarkozy’s performance, down one point since April.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – French president Nicolas Sarkozy remains highly unpopular, according to a poll by Ifop published in Paris Match. 66 per cent of respondents disapprove of Sarkozy’s performance, down one point since April.
Appointed prime minister François Fillon holds better ratings, with 54 per cent of respondents saying they approve of his work.
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.
Earlier this month, Sarkozy suggested that his government might scrap the so-called "fiscal shield" law, which caps taxation at half of the incomes of people in the wealthiest bracket of the population. The Sarkozy administration had introduced the law in 2007.
UMP leader Jean-Francois Cope commented on the matter, declaring, "The fiscal shield isn’t dead, it’s just wounded, and it’s a wound in the right direction."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Nicolas Sarkozy’s performance as president?
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May 2010
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Apr. 2010
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Mar. 2010
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Approve
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34%
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33%
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36%
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Disapprove
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66%
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67%
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64%
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Do you approve or disapprove of François Fillon’s performance as prime minister?
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May 2010
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Apr. 2010
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Mar. 2010
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Approve
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54%
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52%
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54%
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Disapprove
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46%
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47%
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46%
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Source: Ifop / Paris Match
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,016 French adults, conducted on Apr. 29 and Apr. 30, 2010. No margin of error was provided.
