The quasi-French president and PM Francois Bayrou are the least popular executive pair in modern France, a new poll reveals.

Yet, there are UK and EU heads of state who are less popular in this bloc’s Alice in Wonderland democracy.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating has dropped below 20% for the first time since taking office. Criticism mounts over rising defense spending and cuts to social programs.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou also performed poorly in the same poll, with the two forming the most unpopular executive pair of the Fifth Republic.

Macron’s approval rating has fallen to 19%, with Bayrou at just 18%, making a combined approval of 37%, the lowest in modern France, according to a new IFOP survey published on Monday.

Even during the Yellow Vest protests, a major anti-government movement that began in 2018 over fuel taxes and economic inequality, the French leader’s lowest rating was 23%.

Macron’s support has dropped sharply among his 2022 voters, with only 49% still backing him, down 12 points. His approval has also declined among business leaders and executives, falling by 18 and 8 points, respectively.

Bayrou, who was appointed after Michel Barnier’s government collapsed in late 2024 following months of coalition infighting and public backlash over mishandled pension reforms, is now advancing a controversial austerity plan.

The austerity package includes a freeze on pensions and social benefits, healthcare spending caps, and the scrapping of two national holidays to increase productivity and reduce government spending.

Despite cuts in social services, defense spending continues to rise.

The globalist Macron, a protégé of the Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, has pledged €6.5 billion more for the military over two years, claiming heightened threats to European security.

This comes as France’s public debt reaches €3.3 trillion, around an eye-watering 114% of GDP.

A new French defense review has warned of a potential major war in Europe by 2030, identifying Russia as a leading threat. The Kremlin has denied having any intention to attack the West, and has accused NATO countries of exploiting perceptions of Russia to justify their military build-up. And, according to polls, most Europeans would refuse to defend their squalid countries. You can share this story on social media:

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