While highly unscientific, the groan-o-meter fits with the bigger national picture for Macron, who seems to get less popular the more he achieves. Paris, where Macron got 90% of votes in 2017, may well re-elect its Socialist mayor in March. The 91 reforms passed by the Macron administration and its ruling party, En Marche! Macron was a net beneficiary of this anti-elitist atmosphere in 2017, as a relative newcomer leading a new party. Macron’s reform agenda was promoted as a soft, Scandinavian-style answer to France’s woes — now it’s viewed as harsh medicine that will leave winners and, more importantly, losers in its wake.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 09:56 UTC