Paris, France, Jun. 9 (UPI) -- No French president in history has ever been as unpopular as Jacques Chirac, Le Figaro said after new poll results Thursday. The latest Ipsos poll says Chirac's approval rating has sunk to 27 percent, compared to 47 percent last month, just before France's stunning no vote on the EU constitution. Chirac responded to that setback by sacking his prime minister and installing his favorite, former foreign minister Dominiquie de Villepin. But a majority of French respondents, 51 percent, told pollsters the new government will be "neither better nor worse" than the previous one. Only...
