The poll also revealed that 57 percent of the French people support the protests triggered by the Unions and the students and 68 percent French people support the view that the economic policy of his government is not up to the mark.
AS PER a poll conducted across France, it has emerged that French President, Nicolas Sarkozy is the most unpopular French President in last five decades.
The results may be the repercussions of the civil fracas France has been engulfed in, which also included strikes continuing for weeks, fuel shortages and travel delays. It has emerged that the President's popularity has gone down to just 29 percent, 3 points less then September, to reach its lowest ever.
The low announced by BVA Orange L’Express was even lower than the Sarkozy’s previous Fifth republic record of 32 per cent in 2008. Sarkozy has polled even more unpopular than General Charles De Gaulle, who oversaw the new French constitution in 1958.
Signs that Sarkozy’s determination to push through pension reforms and raising retirement age from 60 to 62 may have placed him on a slippery slope emerged last week.
The poll also revealed that 57 percent of the French people support the protests triggered by the Unions and the students and 68 percent French people support the view that the economic policy of his government is not up to the mark.
71 per cent of the population is unhappy with Sarkozy’s general policies, 73 per cent of private sector employees and 79 per cent manual workers and service employees said ''Non'' to Sarkozy''s regime, the telephone poll showed.