While Emmanuel Macron facing the biggest political crisis of his presidency over his push for insurance reform, a new study highlights a significant drop in his popularity.

In particular, according to Politico, The popularity of the French president has reached a new record low, comparable to that of the yellow vests period.

As the French continue to protest the government’s pension reform, 70% of respondents say they are unhappy with the French president, according to an Ifop poll published by Le Journal du Dimanche. This means that Macron’s popularity has fallen by 4 points in a month.

Since December, Macron’s popularity has fallen by 8 percentage points. Now only 28% of French people say they are satisfied with the president, while 70% express dissatisfaction, Le Figaro notes, commenting on a poll conducted from 9 to 16 March.

This is the period of time during which the government faced a dilemma: whether to finally move to vote on the draft pension law in the National Assembly or activate Article 49.3 bypassing Parliament. In the end, the second option was adopted, to which the opposition parties reacted sharply, and the French moved on to new mass mobilizations.

And this procedure may have been adopted in the past by various governments, but this time the criticism and reaction is especially intense because of the massive demonstrations that have been taking place in France lately by trade unions and other collectives. According to Politico, opinion polls released by the French media show a negative reaction from the majority of French people to the Macron government’s bill, which as a peak increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.

Commenting on the results of the latest polls, Le Journal du Dimanche notes that one has to go back to the period when the Yellow Vests movement was coming to an end to find similar percentages. negative popularity for Macron. At the same time, the publication indicates that all social groups express dissatisfaction with the face of the French president.

On Saturday night, police clashed with protesters in Paris for the third night in a row as thousands of people mobilized again across the country.

Given parliamentary weakness, public opposition to his pension reform proposals, and mounting tensions in the streets and squares of France, the only thing that can be said for sure is that Emmanuel Macron is going through the toughest period of his tenure as President of Democracy.

According to Politico and APE-MPE.