Macron is facing his worst moment since the “yellow vest” protests.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s popular rating is suffering because of his plan pension reform and fell to minimums not seen since the “yellow vest” marches in early 2019. That rejection of his measure was translated this weekend into numerous demonstrations in several cities in the country, with Paris at the head, which resulted 122 detainees.

Ifop poll for Le Journal du Dimanche points out that only 28% of the French approve of Macron’s policies, four points less than last month. The country’s prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, another face of pension reform, maintains her approval rating at the lowest level seen last month, at just 29 percent.

Borne is playing the position in the no-confidence vote that will take place this Monday in Parliament. If he succeeds, the reform will be reversed and Borne will then have to leave office.

Research shows this Macron’s popularity has continued to decline since the end of last yeardown eight points since December, according to a poll released this Sunday.

“This is a very bad sequence for the executive couple,” says Ifop director general Frédéric Dabi, who stresses that Macron’s approval, with these results, fell below the psychological barrier represented in 30% of approvals.

A hundred arrests in one day

At least 122 peopleaccording to the French Ministry of the Interior, finished arrested on Saturday in Paris during a day of protests against the pension reform imposed by Macron and presented on Thursday by resorting to Article 49, Paragraph 3 of the Constitutionwhich means approving any standard without a vote as long as there is a vote of no confidence.

The mobilization was held on Saturday throughout France, with a special accent in Paris, where at 8:00 p.m. The Motorized Brigade for Suppression of Violent Actions (BRAV-M) of the police intervened and used tear gas against “rioters trying to set up barricades and set trash cans on fire,” according to a police source.

Saturday day in Paris was marked by a the controversial ban on protests on Place de la Concorde and Champs-Élysées due to the danger to public order and security, according to the authorities.

Instead, protesters stormed the Halles shopping center in the French capital. Videos posted on social media show protesters entering the mall despite opposition from security guards.

As part of these protests, the General Confederation of Labor Union CGT reported the closure of the Total Energies refinery in Normandy. “Refineries strike one after another. The movement promises to be greater than that of October 2022 In addition, the oil warehouses are on strike! FILL THE TANK!”, the union announced on the Twitter social network.

There were also mobilizations with thousands of participants in cities such as Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes or Gap. 1,500 of them were counted in Marseille assistants in the Plaza del General De Gaulle, according to the police. In Nantes there were almost 9,000 participants. In Lyon, it should be noted, another 15 people were arrested for a total of approximately 169 arrests during the last day of protests across the country.

The opposition continues to criticize the governmentwhich they even say is “disrespecting the constitution” and “government against the people”, according to the deputy of La France Unsubmissive Antoine Léaument.

For A new appointment is scheduled for this Monday. so the text of the reform is being discussed with a leading role again in Los Republicanos, whose support could lead to the approval of a motion of no confidence against Macron’s government.