Two-thirds of French already unhappy with new PM: poll

PARIS: France´s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who is still scrambling to name his government before Christmas, faced a fresh challenge on Sunday: a historically low poll rating.

Even before he has properly started his job, a new poll carried out by Ifop for the French weekly Journal du Dimanche found 66 percent of respondents were unhappy with his performance.

Only 34 percent said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their new head of government.

Going back decades to 1959, Ifop said it had not seen such a low rating for a prime minister getting started in the job.

They questioned 2,004 people representative of the French population between December 11 and 18.