Before Emmanuel Macron, how presidents faced their unpopularity

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Emmanuel Macron (here April 11) is still looking for the formula that his predecessors tried to find during times of disgrace. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP

STORY – From Charles de Gaulle to François Hollande, everyone has experienced stormy episodes, some of which have left more traces than others, permanently altering the relationship of the French to their president.

There are, in any practice of power, ups and downs. Since the promulgation of pension reformthe situation of Emmanuel Macron falls more into this second category.

In public opinion, the president is low. As low as it was at the start of the “yellow vests” crisis, when its popularity rating no longer exceeded 26%. At the time, he had given up his carbon tax, distributed public money and launched the great national debate. The Covid, then the war in Ukraine had also allowed him to find a comfortable level.

To get back on the right side again, the Head of State takes the floor today and invests the land, despite the reception committees equipped with saucepans which await him there with dissatisfaction. He is looking for the formula, in short, that his predecessors tried to find during periods of disgrace. Because all have crossed them, hoping each time that they do not leave too many traces.