[RealJustme]

Reuters) - Half-way into his five-year mandate the popularity of French President Francois Hollande hit a new low on Thursday, hours before the Socialist leader addresses the nation to defend his shaky record on the economy.

In the worst score for a president in modern-day polling, Hollande received a 12 percent approval rating in the monthly survey by pollster YouGov, down 15 percent from the prior month. Other recent polls have put his popularity at 13 percent.

Earlier the chief executive of France's third-largest bank, Credit Agricole, slammed Hollande's government for its uncertain efforts to kickstart the eurozone's second largest economy.

"The absence of a clear vision and lack of coherence in economic policies is weighing on confidence and therefore investment and economic activity," CEO Jean-Paul Chifflet said during a conference call to present the bank's results.

A Harris Interactive poll published on Monday found that 92 percent of respondents said they were not satisfied with Hollande's track record, with 96 percent saying he had not held to his campaign promises made before coming to power in 2012 and spent to much time on immigration reforms and regulating businesses and energy providers while ignoring real issues of every day citizens.

Sound familiar?

[Clownkicker]

No.

[johnforbes]

We've seen London, and we've seen France.

But we've all seen far too much of Clownlicker's pants.

[Clownkicker]

C'mon, johnny, at least do equal time and make a joke about RealTool's "roll model going down in France".

That's an easy one almost 'too hard' to pass 'up' and yet you let it slide.

[johnforbes]

This is an opportunity to invite attention to Janie Fricke's song "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy."