(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for Nicolas Sarkozy remains low in France, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien. 41 per cent of respondents have confidence in their president to face the country’s problems, up 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 François Fillon—who had been his adviser and presidential campaign leader—as prime minister. 44 per cent of respondents express confidence in Fillon, down one point in a month.

Yesterday in New York, Sarkozy called for changes in global affairs, saying, "We cannot wait any longer to turn the G-8 into the G-13 or G-14, and to bring in China, India, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil. (...) I am convinced it is the duty of the heads of state and government of the countries most directly concerned to meet before the end of the year to examine together the lessons of the most serious financial crisis the world has experienced since that of the 1930s."

Polling Data

Do you have confidence in French president Nicolas Sarkozy to face the country’s problems?

Do you have confidence in French prime minister François Fillon to face the country’s problems?

Source: CSA / Le Parisien
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 953 French adults, conducted on Sept. 3 and Sept. 4, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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