PARIS (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity has fallen a bit this month while Prime Minister Francois Fillon's standing is on the rise, a new poll says.

According to a IFOP poll for the Journal du Dimanche published Saturday, 38 percent of those surveyed say they are very or fairly satisfied with Sarkozy, down from 40 percent in April.
About 62 percent of those surveyed said they are somewhat or very dissatisfied. That was an increase from 59 percent in April, the poll said.
The poll said that 50 percent of those surveyed are very or somewhat satisfied with Fillon, up a point from 49 percent in April. But 48 percent are somewhat or very dissatisfied, while 2 percent are undetermined, the poll said.
Conducted among a sample of 1,000 persons by phone from May 6th to 14th, the survey represented the French population aged 18 and over.