マクロン氏の支持率、年金改革めぐり過去最低に迫る

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領の支持率が、年金改革やそれに対する抗議行動への対応をめぐって過去最低に迫っていることが、２８日に公表された世論調査結果で分かった。（写真はフランス政府の年金制度改革に抗議するデモ）
　調査会社オドクサの調査によると、マクロン氏が「良い」大統領と答えた人は回答者の３０％にとどまり、前月の調査よりも６ポイント低下した。一方、否定的な評価は７０％に上った。
　マクロン大統領の支持率は、２０１８年の「ジレ・ジョーヌ（黄色いベスト）」運動といわれた抗議デモが起きていた同年１２月に、支持するとの答えが２７％に落ち込んだ。
　マクロン氏は、年金支給の開始年齢を６２歳から６４歳に引き上げる改革の実施を目指しており、それに対する抗議行動が激化している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/29-16:31）

French President Emmanuel Macron's personal ratings are approaching their lowest recorded level over his handling of pension reform and protests, a poll indicated Tuesday.
The survey by the Odoxa polling group said only 30 percent of respondents thought he was a good president, down by six percentage points in a month, while 70 percent judged him negatively.
Macron's popularity is approaching the low reached in December 2018 during so-called Yellow Vest anti-government demonstrations, when only 27 percent of people held positive views of the president.
The survey, carried out for the Public Senat channel and regional newspapers, showed falls for most of the French political class amid increasingly violent protests against the government's bid to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen saw her favourability rating slump three percentage points to 32 percent, but the country's most popular political figure, Macron's first prime minister Edouard Philippe, skidded by seven points to 34 percent.
If Edouard Philippe falls again next month, it's likely that for the first time in the history of our political trackers (meaning six or seven decades), we would have someone from the far-right at the head of our table, Odoxa said.
The survey showed that 71 percent of respondents favoured a referendum on raising the pension age and 67 percent would vote against, with opposition to the move relatively stable since the start of the year.
- Rubbish on streets -
Other surveys have also confirmed a slump in Macron's ratings as rubbish builds up in the streets of Paris due a strike by refuse collectors and protesters blocking ports and refineries.
Tuesday marked the 10th day of national strikes and protests organised by trade unions since the start of the year.
A poll by the BVA group published on Monday showed that 28 percent had a positive view of the president, the lowest level since November 2018.
A tracking poll by the Ifop group published on March 19 showed 28 percent of respondents were satisfied with the president, not far off the low of 23 percent reached during the Yellow Vest crisis.
Even at these low levels, Macron is still more popular than his predecessor Francois Hollande while he was in office.
Hollande, a Socialist, plumbed historic depths to a four percent approval rating after the publication of a disastrous tell-all book that ended his hopes of seeking re-election.
Like his highly contested predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, Hollande has bounced back since leaving office and now figures among the most-liked political figures in France.