page_title: Domestic policy of the Nicolas Sarkozy administration
section_title: Popularity and protests
hierarchical_section_title: Domestic policy of the Nicolas Sarkozy administration / Popularity and protests
caption_attribution_description: English: Opinion poll by BVA over the domestic policy led by the French government from May 2007. The question asked to the people was: Would you say the economic policy led by the government is very good, quite good, quite bad or very bad&#160;? In bleue: "very good" or "quite good". In red: "very bad" or "quite bad".
context_page_description: The domestic policy of the Nicolas Sarkozy administration was led by François Fillon's government as soon as the president was elected, and the government appointed by the president. According to the French constitution, the government and the Prime Minister "determine and conduct the policy of the nation", that is to say, deal with the domestic policy, while the President of the Republic focuses on foreign relations. However, a modification of the constitution in 2001 shortened the presidential mandate from seven to five years, so that the presidency lasts the same time as the government's mandate. Therefore, the president can be more implicated in the governmental policy. It was the case with Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been accused of being a "hyper-president" by his opponents. François Fillon appeared as too much submitted to the president.
  Nicolas Sarkozy had promised during the presidential campaign many reforms. He announced the government would be very dynamic.
context_section_description: The popularity of the President and the Prime minister reached a climax at the beginning of their mandates.
  Nicolas Sarkozy had a maximum popularity between August and October 2007: during this period, the number of people trusting him was higher than 55% according to BVA and CSA, higher than 60% for Ipsos, and reaching almost 65% for TNS Sofres. His popularity began to fall rapidly from October and November 2007. From February and June 2008, it maintained at very low levels, between 30 and 40 according to all opinions studies. In summer 2008, it rose again until the end of the year, when the popularity level was close to 50% (40% only for TNS Sofres). In 2009, it maintained between 40 and 45%.
  The popularity of Francois Fillon was also very high at the beginning of his mandate, with more than 55% for CSA, TNS Sofres and Ipsos (45% only for BVA). It began to decrease slightly, but increase to reach a peak in April 2008 (49% for TNS Sofres, 51 for BVA, 55 for CSA, 59 for Ipsos). However, it fell again but stayed between 40 and 50% until the end of the year.
caption: The decreasing popularity of the government was mainly due to the difficulty to fight against the economic crisis
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