The majority of French voters think Emmanuel Macron has been a failure as president, new poll figures show.
Respondents of a new survey delivered a crushing assessment of the French president’s two-term performance, with 82 per cent of voters saying Mr Macron’s centrist Renaissance movement has been a “failure”.
The sentiment is shared among 63 per cent of people who also voted for Mr Macron in the 2017 or 2022 elections.
More than eight out of 10 people also said they believe that Mr Macron’s centrist political ideology, referred to as “Macronism”, will die out with his final term, which wraps up in 2027. The ideology borrows policies from both the Left and Right sides of the political spectrum.
The feeling is similarly strong among the president’s Renaissance supporters, 59 per cent of whom agreed that the president’s centrist movement could disappear by 2027.
In France, presidents can serve a maximum of two terms.