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25 February 2019

POLITICO: French poll: Yellow Jackets down, Macron up


A majority of French people want the Yellow Jacket protests to end, according to a poll which also shows a rise in President Emmanuel Macron's popularity.

Fifty-five percent of those polled by Odoxa, an independent research institute, now want the broad, anti-government Yellow Jackets movement to call an end to three months of often violent street protests — the first time support for the movement has dropped below a majority, France Inter reported. That's a rise of 6 points from the previous monthly poll.

The poll also shows a rise in voters' interest in the upcoming European Parliament election in May — the first national ballot since Macron was voted president in May 2017. While interest in the European vote rose to 62 percent in the latest poll, from 54 percent in December, that is still some way below the 83 percent turnout in the presidential election.

The poll suggests declining interest in the May vote among France's lower socio-economic groups which, according to Odoxa, could lead to more people staying away from the ballot box. That would likely favor Macron's La République En Marche party and dent the chances of "anti-system" parties. [...]

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