Macron approval rating falls to 23%

Fake news! No way it is in the twenties!

He’s a fairy little progressives queeve so what do you expect? It’s like they elected ebbandflow as president.

By the way, a queeve is a pussy fart for those that don’t know.

Means hes at 9% approval

You’re comparing a two-party dominant system to one with many political parties and run-off elections. Most French Presidents have low approval numbers.

Yeah but his look like they are heading for single digits.

He obviously did not anticipate the left getting pissed off by the visibility of this tax. He should have ( and probably will ) just increase the value added tax ( VAT ).

That way it is fairly invisible to the populist, the press will not report the increase and the continued march of global socialism can continue.

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He obviously did not anticipate the left getting pissed off by the visibility of this tax

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The French are so heavily taxed, and taxed to the breaking point, that any cost increase would break your budget.

No way to hide it.

I borrowed a car from a friend last summer, and when I went to refill the gas tank, my brother stopped me at the half way mark.

A full tank has gotten so expensive that it would it be bad manners. She would have felt awkward, because I had spent so much money.

My brother made another point when we spoke last week. Pollution is bad in Paris in the summer, and it’s mostly exhaust fumes. And it’s not from the residents, few have cars.

So this policy is probably in some ways selfish, Macron would prefer to have clean air, and it’s popular with city voters.

Sure it screws over everyone else, but for Parisians, Paris is the only thing that matters.

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But it’s still a nation with a left/right spectrum

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Sure, but people still identify strongly with the political party of their choosing, not the party they supported in a runoff. And in France there are many viable parties people identify with. Roughly 40% of Americans are going to support a Republican President no matter what and roughly 40% of Americans are going to support a Democratic President no matter what. France isn’t like that.

Macron is clearly not popular in France, but comparing Macron’s approval with Trump’s approval makes no sense. It’s apples and oranges.

As a truce, can we agree that may’s approvals in uk are bad? In the uk, cons and laboring get like 88% of vote