Majority of French oppose fiscal treaty

A majority of French people are opposed to the proposed EU plans for a fiscal compact treaty agreed by 26 EU Member States at the European Council summit in Brussels in December 2011, with opposition Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande calling for a renegotiation of the text.

Some 52% of French people oppose the proposed fiscal compact, according to a poll by BVA and reported in the domestic regional press, while 45%

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