The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is facing a people's revolt against plans to give his wife an official “first lady” role. More than 150,000 people have signed a 36 against the move that would give Brigitte Macron an office, staff and an allowance from the 37 purse. The rebellion comes 38 Macron's popularity continues to plummet. Polls last month showed he had dropped seven percentage points with only 36% of French people 39 they were happy with their new leader. At the same period in their mandate Macron's predecessors François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy were at 56% at 66% 40 During his presidential campaign, Macron promised to “clarify” the role of the French president's wife by giving them an official status, describing the current situation as a “kind of French hypocrisy”.