French trust in Hollande grows after Paris attacks


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Dec 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hildago pay their respect at the Bataclan concert hall, one of the recent deadly Paris attack sites, after Obama arrived in the French capital to attend the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21), November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's popularity has risen to its highest level in three years with voters backing his robust handling of the Nov. 13 militant attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, two polls showed on Tuesday.

Trust in Hollande jumped from 15 percent in November to 35 percent in December, back to a level last seen in December 2012, the TNS-Sofres One Point poll for Le Figaro daily showed.

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