Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen further and faster than that of any other recent French president, an opinion poll indicated on Sunday, as he prepares to push through hotly contested labour reforms.

More than half of French voters - 57 per cent - are dissatisfied with him following the revelation last week that the fresh-faced 39-year-old centrist spent £24,000 on make-up during his first three months in office.

Protests forced him to scrap a plan to give his wife a constitutional role as first lady, and there is discontent over delays in promised tax cuts.