China News Agency, Paris, April 18 (Reporter Li Yang) There is one year left before the new French presidential election.

The poll released on the 18th showed that the approval rate of French President Macron was 37%, and the public opinion base remained stable.

　　According to the survey results released by the Ifop polling agency on the same day, Macron had a 37% approval rate, leading the approval rate of Sarkozy and Hollande during the same time period when they were French presidents.

　　Sarkozy's approval rate for the same time period when he was president was 28% (2011), while Hollande's approval rate was 14% (2016).

Sarkozy sought re-election and failed, while Hollande gave up the re-election campaign.

　　However, Macron's approval rate is lower than that of Chirac and Mitterrand during the same period when they were presidents.

A year before Chirac and Mitterrand ran for re-election as president (2001 and 1987 respectively), their public opinion support rates reached 56%.

　　Polls also show that Macron's public opinion base remains stable: 75% of voters who voted for Macron in the 2017 presidential election were satisfied with his governance.

But polls also show that Macron's support among right-wing voters has declined.

　　In addition, the approval rate of French Prime Minister Castel fell by two percentage points to 34% compared with the previous poll.

French TV station BFM said that this was the lowest public support rate since he took office as prime minister in July last year.

　　According to current arrangements, the first round of voting will be held in April 2022 in the new French presidential election.

If no candidate obtains a majority of votes in the first round of voting, the top two candidates with the leading votes will enter the second round of competition.

　　Many French politicians are already planning to run for the election.

These include Marina Le Pen, the leader of the French far-right party "National League", Melanchon, the leader of the far-left party "Indomitable France", and Russell, the national secretary of the French Communist Party.

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