The popularity of the former Prime Minister jumped 8 points. He moved into second place on the Ifop-Fiducial scoreboard for Paris Match and Sud Radio, behind Édouard Philippe.
The quinquennium starts well for the exes of Emmanuel Macron. Its two former heads of government Philippe (58%, =) and Castex (50%, + 8) prance in the Ifop-Fiducial list of favorite French personalities. They are even the only ones to enjoy a popularity higher than 50%. They are ahead of the Head of State (46%, – 2) and their successor Élisabeth Borne. The new Prime Minister totals 36% of “good opinions”, an increasing proportion (+13), but remains unknown to the French. By succeeding in leaving Matignon, Castex marked public opinion. This great state clerk had ended up imposing his style, combining simplicity and proximity. Result: it appeals to those over 65 (77%), fills up with walkers (82%, +11) and LR voters (71%, +10). He even seduces 4 out of 10 Le Pen voters when Macron struggles to bring together 21%.
Gabriel Attal, star seed
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The first lesson of this ranking is the omnipresence of majority personalities. We have to wait for 7th place and Martine Aubry (43%) for a figure of the opposition to emerge. JeanLuc Mélenchon is 10th (41%), Marine Le Pen, 12th (37%). The other lesson is the proper behavior of ministers. Confi rmed in Bercy, Bruno Le Maire is the strong man of the government with high popularity (48%, + 8). Olivier Véran, who demoted from the Ministry of Health to that of Relations with Parliament, remains in 5th place. Other lesser-known ministers are making good inroads: Gabriel Attal, promoted Minister Delegate for Public Accounts, rises to 6th place. Until then discreet Minister of Overseas, the new boss of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, comes out of anonymity and progresses by 8 points.
The Government of the Unknowns
Pap Ndiaye, Minister of National Education
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Most of the new heads of the Borne government realize that notoriety is built slowly. Successor of Jean-Michel Blanquer, Pap Ndiaye reaches 22% of “good opinions”. Is this the effect of the controversy on this appointment? In any case, he is the best known of the… unknowns. Because for the others, the scores are low: the Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon (17%), that of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher (17%), the boss of the Quai d’Orsay, Catherine Colonna (16 %), the former general delegate of LREM Stanislas Guerini (16%), the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt (15%), and finally the spokesperson, Olivia Grégoire (13%, unknown to 74% of French people) . As for Damien Abad, the ex-LR poached by Macron to manage the Solidarity portfolio, he has 17% of “good opinions” and already 36% of bad ones. A proportion linked to accusations of rape, although justice has closed the complaints without further action. This first measure after the presidential election is fatal to Macron’s opponents, almost all of whom are on the decline. Besides Mélenchon (- 2) and Le Pen (- 6), they tumble: Pécresse (- 9), Hidalgo (- 3), Dupont-Aignan (- 6) but also Zemmour (- 3). Special mention for the mayor of Paris, who lost a quarter of her “good opinions” in nine months, and the former journalist of “Figaro”, the most hated personality of the French with 75% of “bad opinion”.
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