France 2013: Turning Point or Failure?

Never before in the Fifth Republic has a newly elected president crashed in the surveys as badly as François Hol¬lande in the first few months of his term. Of course it is mainly the sympathisers of the centre-right parties who have “no confidence” in Hollande (92 per cent). But there is also a disappointed number amongst the supporters of the left (39 per cent). There seems to be a sentiment among the people that the negative developments in France did not arise by sheer coincidence, but that Hollande and his government are using the wrong approach to combat the crisis.