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Support for gilets jaunes protest increasing
Survey shows that more than three-quarters of French people support continuing fuel price protests

More than three-quarters of the French public support the gilets jaunes protests, which have entered a sixth day, while 66% believe it should continue, a survey has found.
A total 77% of respondents said the movement was justified, while 82% believe that President Emmanuel Macron should cancel January's planned tax increases on petrol and diesel.
Support for the protests is rising - some 82% of self-employed and business leaders questioned backed the action, an eight-point increase on a poll published on November 17. Pensioners' support has risen six points to 75%, while approval among low-income households has jumped eight points to 86%.
In addition, 78% of respondents believe that the gilets jaunes protest is in 'the general interest', while 77% find them 'brave' and 62% consider them 'non-violent'.
But 56% of those questioned in the second Odoxa-Dentsu study for franceinfo and Le Figaro had doubts about how effective the protests would prove.
A representative sample of 1,004 French adults took part in the survey on 21 and 22 November.
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