France's President Francois Hollande visits the Airbus Helicopter factory with Airbus Helicopter CEO Guillaume Faury (2nd L) in Queretaro April 11, 2014, as part of his state visit to Mexico. REUTERS/Alain Jocard/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's popularity fell sharply in April to the lowest levels since he was elected in May 2012, taking his rating below that of the Prime Minister Manuel Valls to the largest gap ever calculated between the two titles.
Only 18 percent are satisfied with Hollande's performance, five points less than last month, after his Socialist party was routed in local elections for a failure to turn around the euro zone's second largest economy and combat an unemployment rate stuck at more than 10 percent.
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