Mitterrand’s Popularity Takes Tumble, Poll Shows
<i> Reuters</i>
PARIS —
French President Francois Mitterrand’s popularity has tumbled six percentage points to 55% --his most negative showing since he began his second term in 1988, an opinion poll said Friday.
The monthly Sofres poll in the Figaro magazine also showed that only 47% of voters 18 to 24 years old “had confidence” in Mitterrand, compared to 68% in March.
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