Emmanuel Macron more unpopular in France than Trump in US

Published September 5, 2017 8:36pm ET



With the recent worldwide ascent of right-wing populism, Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election last year was supposed to be a beacon of light for all disheartened progressives. He was proof that left-wing politics could still win at the ballot box.

But here’s a bucket of cold water: Macron has been in office for just a little over 100 days, and he is now more unpopular in France than President Trump is in America. That’s saying something.

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