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All EU countries want Britain to stay - except France

Just over half of French people polled want Britain to quit EU, with only 42 percent believing Brussels should take London's concerns into account.

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They may be our closest continental neighbours, but the French would regret nothing if Britain were to leave the European Union, reports The Telegraph.

In a new poll published on Wednesday by the German Marshall Fund think tank, people in the major EU countries were asked for the first time asked whether Britain should leave the bloc.

In all countries surveyed, except France, more people said the EU should accommodate Britain's concerns about the the bloc rather than see it leave.

But a majority of French people (52 percent) wanted Britain out of the EU, with a mere 42 percent believing Brussels should take London's concerns into account.

A total of 57 percent of Britons said the EU should take their concerns into account, with only 35 percent expressing the view that Britain should leave.

Read more of this report from The Telegraph.