France has come bottom in a list of European countries over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak in an IPSOS opinion poll – with almost two-thirds of people in the country unhappy at the authorities for their response. The polling also gave the thumbs down to President Emmanuel Macron's leadership during the crisis as only 24 percent felt that he had done a good job.

In the poll that was carried out between 16th and 24th April, people in each country were asked "Are you satisfied with the way your government has managed the coronavirus?" They were given four options - very satisfed, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied.

France fared worst as 31 percent said they were "very dissatisfied" with another 31 percent saying they were "somewhat dissatisfied." There were only five percent of those polled who said they were very happy with the government's reaction.

Austria and Germany had the highest approval ratings with well over half of the public feeling positive about their governments. 35 percent of the Austrians polled, who have the only green coalition government on the continent, were "very satisfied" with Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz's response.

There was a similar outcome when people were asked about how well they felt their leaders had acted with Kurz given a solid endorsement. Of those asked, 61 percent said they were happy with him and only 11 percent felt he should have done better.

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel had a 50 percent approval rating while Boris Johnson, who spent three nights in intensive care with the virus, had the backing of 48 percent of the UK public for his tackling of the outbreak.

Macron fared worst in the list with 42 percent believing that he has not done a good job and only 24 percent satisfied. The next worst rating was for Sweden's Stefan Lofven whose government chose to buck the trend and not enforce a strict lockdown and he had a 38 percent backing.