French President Emmanuel Macron has taken a slide in recent polling after entering office on a high note | Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images French sour on Emmanuel Macron at 100-day mark: poll French president’s approval ratings lower than François Hollande’s at a similar point in his presidency, according to French pollster.

French President Emmanuel Macron is more unpopular than his predecessor François Hollande was at a similar stage of his presidency, according to a new poll.

French pollster Ifop and Le Figaro reported Saturday that only 36 percent of French people approve of Macron, in a survey designed to gauge the French leader's popularity after 100 days in office.

Five years ago, 46 percent said they approved of Hollande, the most unpopular French president in polling history, as he approached the same mark in his term.

The public also appears to trust Macron less than they did Hollande, with 45 percent saying they thought he was sticking to his election promises, compared to 57 percent who said the same of Hollande in 2012.

Neither do French citizens feel that Macron is taking the country in the right direction: Only 23 percent agreed that "things are changing for the better."

Ifop suggested that a series of unpopular policy announcements — including cutting housing allowance, increasing social-security contributions and raising taxes on cigarettes — have soured France's enthusiasm for its new president.

"Overall, skepticism is prevailing," Ifop Director Jérôme Fourquet told Le Figaro, adding that Macron should take the polls seriously.

"The perception of a five-year term ... forms after the first summer," he said.