adminSofres poll for the weekly Le Figaro magazine showed, down five points from a month earlier, signalling French people’s impatience and discontent with the Socialist’s inability to fulfil promises to kickstart the ailing economy and employment.
The weekly added that in the same period in 2008, the former conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy enjoyed 37 percent of favourable opinions.
“It’s obvious, the military operation in Mali helped Hollande to garner some points in his popularity but it would not have an everlasting impact,” said Eric Bonnet, director of studies at BVA Opinion.
“The major concern of French people remain to be unemployment and economic troubles. Hollande will be judged only on that. He would be able to change the negative trend of his approval ratings if he realises his promises of more jobs and better growth,” he told Xinhua.
Having won a May election with 51,6 percent of the vote, Hollande promised a economic recovery by 2014 and set for himself a year-end deadline to reform the labour market and bring more jobs to millions of jobseekers.
Hollande said he need US$48,33 billion in savings in 2013 to meet financial commitments. – Xinhua.
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