Elisabeth Borne’s confidence rating fell by three points in January, close to its lowest levels amid speculation about a possible reshuffle, while 66% of French people called for the departure of the Prime Minister, according to two polls published Thursday. According to the Elabe barometer for the daily Les Echos, only 23% of respondents trust the head of government to “effectively confront the main problems” of the country. It is losing the rebound in confidence recorded last month.
36% of French people believe that Gabriel Attal would make a good Prime Minister
Emmanuel Macron’s rating remains almost stable at 27% (-1 point), but the President of the Republic “starts this year with a deficit of five points compared to last year (32% in January 2023)”, notes the institute. While the government is suspended from the decision of the Head of State on a possible reshuffle, another study, carried out by Odoxa for the newspaper Le Figaro, notes that 66% of French people are calling for the departure of Ms. Borne. “Never have there been so many people wanting to separate from her,” notes the institute.
To succeed him, 36% of French people believe that the Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, would make “a good Prime Minister”, followed by his colleague from the Economy, Bruno Le Maire (31%). These are the only two ministers that more French people would like to see stay rather than leave in the event of a reshuffle, according to Odoxa. The Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, whose name has been circulating in recent days for Matignon, comes last with only 10% of people thinking that he would make a “good” head of government.
The Elabe barometer also confirms the rise in power of Gabriel Attal, on the verge of joining Édouard Philippe at the top of the ranking of the most popular political figures. The former Prime Minister remains first with 41% of positive opinions, but loses three points in one month and even six points since November, while the rising star of Macronie gains another point at 39% of positive opinions. . Followed by the two leaders of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen (36%, +1 point) and Jordan Bardella (33%, +2 points).
On the left, former head of state François Hollande comes first with 31% positive opinions (+3 points). The Elabe survey was carried out online from January 2 to 3 among a sample of 1,002 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, with a margin of error of between 1.4 and 3.1 points. percentage. The Odoxa survey was carried out via the Internet from January 3 to 4 among a sample of 992 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, with a margin of error of approximately 2.5 percentage points.