French not happy over Sarkozy’s high-profile affair

PRESIDENT Nicholas Sarkozy might have just got remarried, but his love affair with the French electorate appears well and truly over.

An opinion poll published yesterday said Mr Sarkozy’s popularity rating plunged 13 points in January to 41% on the back of widespread voter discontent over the president’s handling of the economy and the rising cost of living.

“It is a slump of rare proportions,” independent pollsters LH2 said in a commentary on their survey.