A large majority of French people want Britain to remain in the European Union, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, with 60 percent of them expecting negative consequences for the British if they leave.
A British Union Jack flag and an European flag fly on the Amiens city
hall during a a Franco-Britain summit in Amiens, northern France, March
3, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS: A large majority of French people want Britain to
remain in the European Union, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, with
60 percent of them expecting negative consequences for the British if
they leave.
Some 58 percent of those polled by the BVA institute for
Orange and iTele said Britain should stay in the EU, up two points from a
previous poll in February. Some 40 percent of them want Britain to
leave, down two points.
A Brexit would have negative consequences for the EU,
according to 54 percent of those polled. Only 43 percent of the French
thought it could have a negative impact on France, with 21 percent
seeing a positive impact and 35 percent none at all.
Seven French out of 10 have "a good image" of Britain and 58
percent think their neighbour across the Channel is an asset for the
EU.
Britain will hold a referendum in June over whether it wants to remain part of the 28-member European Union.
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
- Reuters
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