14 months from a presidential election and Emmanuel Macron's popularity is holding up at 41% according to a Paris Match/Ifop poll. This is higher than his predecessors François Hollande (22% at same period) and Nicolas Sarkozy (31%). 1/5
The poll results suggest Macron's popularity is higher among left-wing voters - 42% and rising - than those on the right - 34% and dropping. He is increasingly popular among ecologists, socialists and even younger hard left France Insoumise supporters. 2/5
Pollsters found the biggest rise in support was declared among 18-24 year olds where Macron's popularity is at 62%, and the under 35s, where it stands at 48%.
However, poll suggests support for Macron on the centre-right collapsing. 3/5
The president's popularity dropped 26 points among Les Républicains last month and has since only risen by 2.

(PM Jean Castex's popularity stable at 39% and showing the same pattern: rising among the -35s, and the left, but dropping among the centre-right.) 4/5
Report says findings are "counter-intuitive" (challenging the idea that with prospect of a run-off with Marine Le Pen in May 2022, Macron is courting the right). If he is, he does not appear to be succeeding, but 14 months is a long time in politics! 5/5
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