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A SUBSTANTIAL MINORITY WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THE OLD CURRENCY AND MOST PEOPLE THINK THE EURO IS A ‘HANDICAP ON PURCHAS MORE than a third of French people would still like to return to the
franc, says a poll. A total of 36% would like the old currency back, said an Ipsos/Logica poll for the association Lire la Société. Furthermore, 45% thought that the euro is “a handicap” for
the French economy generally (34% said it was an “asset”) and 62% thought the euro was a “handicap for purchasing power”. Forty-nine per cent thought that in the future it is necessary to
“reinforce the EU’s power’s in matters of budgetary and fiscal policy”, while 37% thought, on the contrary, that individual countries should be left more leeway in terms of budgetary
policies. Previous stories Euro falls, French want franc back Two-thirds want French franc back
