Compounding his woes, a poll a poll by CSA for BFMTV released this week suggests he would be knocked out of the first round of presidential elections by Miss Le Pen, with just 19 per cent of French prepared to vote for Mr Hollande compared to 23 per cent for Miss Le Pen. The poll put ex-conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in poll position on 34 per cent assuming he ran again.