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Voters 'in favour of EU' - survey
The majority of French people would vote to remain in the European Union in a referendum, according to an online poll carried out in the days after the Brexit result.
A total 45% said they would vote against a 'Frexit', compared to 33% who said they were in favour of leaving the EU, the survey, published in Le Figaro, found. The remaining 22% said they had no opinion.
Appetite for a vote on France's continued membership has fallen, however, with 45% saying they favoured a referendum similar to the UK. Earlier this year, a Europe-wide representative survey found 53% of French voters were in favour of such a ballot.
As was the case in Britain, affluent people are more likely to be in favour of Europe, the poll found, with 51% saying they would vote to remain in the bloc, against 3% of those who are less well off.
The split is divided along political lines, too. Unsurprisingly, 74% of FN supporters would vote to leave, compared to 19% of Republicains and 17% of Socialists.
The vote Brexit did not come as a surprise to 58% of respondents, compared to 38% who said they thought Remain would win, while 48% believe Britain's exit is 'bad' for Europe, compared to 24% who think the opposite.
More than half (55%) said that they want to see greater autonomy for individual nations within the EU, while 25% believed in further integration between nations.
The online survey questioned a representative sample of 1,000 adults between June 24 and 27.