Almost three quarters of the French are against leaving the euro, in a blow to Front National leader Marine Le Pen, who wants to restore the franc, a poll revealed on Friday, reports The Telegraph.
Despite their desire to hang on to the single currency, Euroscepticism runs deep in France, the poll also suggested, as a higher number of French feel that the European Union has "more disadvantages than advantages" than the reverse.
Some 72 percent of the French polled by the Elabe polling institute in a survey published in Friday's Les Echos newspaper were opposed to ditching the euro and returning to a national currency, with 44 percent saying they were "very opposed". Only 28 per cent backed a return to the franc.
Ms Le Pen, who is currently polling to reach the final round of France's upcoming presidential election, has pledged to hold a referendum on France's EU membership and take France out of the euro to return to a new French franc.
Opinion polls show she would be defeated by pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron or conservative François Fillon in the presidential run-off on May 7.
However, in sign that the French were less enthusiastic about the European Union's current state, some 37 percent of respondents in the Elabe poll said being a member of the 28-country club had "more disadvantages than advantages".