“Current events, alas, prove us right.” Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella arrive to attend a ceremony in Nice, France on July 14, 2026. | Pool photo by Philippe Magoni via AFP/Getty ImagesThat frustration extends to climate preparedness. In a YouGov poll published this month, 74 percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with Macron’s climate-adaptation policies. Coming after an extreme heatwave left the countryside tinder-dry, they have already scorched nearly twice as much land as during the last devastating fire season in 2022.