国际英语资讯:News Analysis: 100 days in office, French President Macrons approval rating drops to 36 pc_时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: 100 days in office, French President Macrons approval rating drops to 36 pc

PARIS, Aug. 15 -- The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, who celebrated Tuesday his 100 days in office, has dropped to a historical low, recent polls showed.

President Macron's approval rating dropped to 36 percent, a historical low for a French president's 100 days in modern era. His unpopularity rate is 10 points higher than his predecessor Francois Hollande, according to an Ifop poll published last Friday.

This was a sharp contrast with the 66.10 percent votes Macron obtained in the general elections on May 8, 2017.

The fall of his approval rating can be partly explained by the budgetary savings for 2017 initiated by the government, the departure of several ministers and the implementation of a project to moralize the country's political life.

What originally caused the decline in his popularity was the reforms initiated by the government, especially the reduction of housing subsidies of 5 euros per month starting from October.

"We need to undertake a comprehensive reform of personal housing subsidies, which is absolutely essential because we are dealing with amounts to be mastered but above all with structural reforms to be put in place," Jacques Mezard, Minister of Territorial Cohesion, told French radio station RTL in late July.

The announcement has triggered debates in France. For the opponents as well as a large number of French, the government attacks the poorest by lowering this aid.