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A poll doing the rounds on social media claims that only 7% of French citizens trust President Emmanuel Macron.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Politicians from the French far-right National Rally (RN) party are among the most prominent figures sharing the post.<\/p>\n
“93% of French people are lucid, thankfully”, wrote Bruno Bilde, who serves as a member of the National Assembly for the National Rally. Fellow MP and RN member Julien Odoul asked his followers: “Who are these 7% of fanatic Macronistes?”<\/p>\n
Checking recent polls<\/p>\n
In late July, a poll commissioned by French broadcaster LCI said Macron’s approval rating was 28%, while a recent survey published by newspaper Les Echos put it at 21%. <\/p>\n
Although pollsters use different methods, which can lead to inconsistent results, these latest surveys from reputable sources suggest that 7% is a suspiciously low percentage.<\/p>\n
A closer look at the top-right corner of the image circulating online reveals the logo of Le Figaro: a French conservative daily newspaper.<\/p>\n
EuroVerify did not detect any social media posts where Le Figaro stated that Macron’s approval rating was 7%. However, we did find a near identical post by Le Figaro shared on X in October 2024, yet here Macron’s trust rating was 17% \u2014 not 7%. <\/p>\n
The original image posted by Le Figaro has been manipulated, as the number “1” preceding the “7%” has been erased, in a bid to deceive online users.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dwindling trust in Macron<\/p>\n
Although the French population’s trust in their president may not be as low as 7%, confidence in Macron has dwindled, especially over the course of his second term. <\/p>\n
This has been influenced by a range of factors, including his dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024 after the far-right surged in the European elections, as well as his government’s more recent plans for 2026 budgetary cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next French presidential elections are set to take place in 2027; however, the country’s constitution bars Macron \u2014 who has remained vague about his future plans \u2014 from running again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADVERTISEMENT A poll doing the rounds on social media claims that only 7% of French citizens trust President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[34,2000,299,7571,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-321369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-emmanuel-macron","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-fake-news","12":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114979449417685489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}