72% of French people want referendum on permanent austerity treaty

72% of French people want a referendum on the Fiscal Compact treaty, according to a poll. The CSA poll, conducted for l’Humanité newspaper, comes as the radical Left Front renewed demands for the decision to be made by this method a popular vote by all the French people. President François Hollande plans to adopt the new treaty, which will massively restrict public spending, in a parliamentary vote.  Sixty-six percent of Socialist supporters backed a referendum, the poll found, with 75% of right wing voters expressing a desire for one.Source