The popularity of President Emmanuel Macron has slumped by ten points just two months after the youthful centrist took power - the biggest decline for a new president since 1995 - with voters unhappy about a range of his planned reforms.

The 39-year-old former banker got off to a flying start at the Elysée, winning praise and admiration at home and abroad, but the shine has started to come off his fledgling administration.

The number of French people satisfied with his performance has fallen to 54 percent, down 10 percentage points from June, said the Ifop poll for the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

It added the last time a newly elected president had lost ground in that way was Jacques Chirac in 1995. The Ifop poll echoed a similar finding in a recent BVA poll.