Arya News - French President Emmanuel Macron`s approval rating has hit a historic low, dropping to 15%, according to a poll by the Ipsos sociological company and the CESI engineering school.
The French president"s rating set an anti-record, the graph showed. The previous minimum value for this company"s polls was recorded in September 2026 at 16%. Some 15% of surveyed French people approve of Macron"s work as head of state, while 82% are dissatisfied with his decisions, the poll showed. The approval rating of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stood at 22%, while 69% of respondents held a negative opinion of him. Among potential presidential candidates in the country"s 2027 elections, National Rally party leader Jordan Bardella still leads with 33% support, followed by the leader of the party"s faction in the lower house of parliament, Marine Le Pen, with 32%, and former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe with 20%. The poll was conducted from October 7 to 8 among 1,000 French people aged 18 and older.