France: the Nupes alliance appears weakened in two polls

Politicians Adrien Quatennens and Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the National Assembly, March 3, 2020. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

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The conclusion is clear.

Two polls published this Friday, October 7 in

Échos and

weakened Nupes alliance, mainly following the affairs that have arisen in quick succession this fall.

The policies of La France Insoumise and EELV are paying the price. 

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Nothing is going well for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. 

According to the Elabe Institute for Les Echos, the rebellious leader, a former strongman during the last electoral spring, only has a positive image with 22% of French people, i.e. 3 points less in one month. 

But above all, only 55% of left-wing voters have a good opinion of him.

That is a decline of 8 points. 

He pays the price for his radicalism and his support for

A political cost that reaches the whole of Nupes.

As another survey published in

shows , 64% of French people consider that “

” concerning Adrien Quatennens and

have discredited the left alliance. 

Green MP Sandrine Rousseau is not spared either.

Six out of ten French people consider that she was wrong to accuse her colleague Julien Bayou without proof. 

Within the Nupes, only the Socialist Party is spared.

He gains 8 points of favorable opinions and it is Fabien Roussel the leader of the Communist Party, often the dissonant voice within the Nupes who pulls out of the game. 

He becomes the favorite left-wing personality of the French. 

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