Macron humiliated as only 27 percent of French support EU in damning poll.
EMMANUEL MACRON's ambitions for an increasingly integrated EU have been cut short by French people in a poll on the advantages of remaining in the bloc. Europe remains a subject that deeply divides the French. While the country took the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) at the beginning of January, an Elabe poll for "Les Echos", Classic Radio and the Montaigne Institute revealed a real divide in public opinion on the advantages or disadvantages of this membership.
Asked about the advantages of belonging to the EU, the respondents were divided into three camps: 39 percent French believe that Europe brings as many advantages as disadvantages;
33 percent say that the disadvantages are more important and only 27 percent on the contrary think that the advantages are greater than the disadvantages.
The poll results sparked calls for a referendum on the country's membership to the EU.
Generation Frexit leader Charles-Henri Gallois blasted:
"Only 27 percent of French people think that the advantages of the EU outweigh its disadvantages!"
