Macron Approval Hits Record Low; Far-Right Bardella Tops Poll | WPN World People News

According to a report by AFP, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to deliver his year-end address in a few days, but recent opinion polls show his approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he was first elected in 2017.
In a poll conducted by Toluna/Harris Interactive for the LCI news channel, only 25% of respondents said they held a favorable view of Macron.

Jean-Daniel Levy, head of Toluna/Harris, said in a statement that the French public appears to be judging Macron primarily through the lens of domestic politics, rather than his positions on foreign policy.

The online survey of 1,099 French adults found that only 37% of respondents plan to watch the year-end address live on December 31, down from 40% last year.

The poll also shows that approval ratings for all major political leaders in France have declined. However, the most positive momentum currently belongs to Jordan Bardella, the 30-year-old president of the far-right National Rally (RN) party. A poll conducted in November showed Bardella to be the party leader with the strongest support ahead of the 2027 French presidential election, raising the possibility that he could become the youngest president in French history. The current youngest president on record is Macron himself, who was 39 years old when he took office in 2017.