PARIS, July 21 (UPI) -- A new poll finds some 44 percent of French approve of their new prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, an 11-point increase from June.
Published Thursday by France's Le Point magazine, the survey is the latest showing growing approval for de Villepin, who marked his first 50 days in office this week.
Another poll published in Sunday's Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper found 49 percent of French looked favorably on their prime minister, a 5 percent jump in a month.
France's former foreign and interior minister, de Villepin was appointed to head the center-right government during a Cabinet reshuffle following the failed May referendum on the European constitution.
He has vowed to make employment a top priority, and promised to deliver results during his first 100 days in office.
Thursday's poll, by the Ipsos-Le Point polling agency, also found 32 percent of French approved of French President Jacques Chirac, a 5-point hike from June.
