Angered by austerity and economic stagnation, fewer than one in five French approve of the Socialist president.
![The French government's austerity measures are unpopular with labour unions [Karine Barzegar/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145201245969734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

A graduate from Columbia University Journalism School, Karine G Barzegar is a freelance reporter based in Paris.
Angered by austerity and economic stagnation, fewer than one in five French approve of the Socialist president.
![The French government's austerity measures are unpopular with labour unions [Karine Barzegar/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145201245969734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)