About 57 percent of French employees reckon that the reforms, which the government is preparing to implement in the labor markets, are generally "well intentioned," according to the results of an opinion poll published Thursday by French business daily "Les Echos."
According to the poll, which was conducted by Ipsos, a French research firm, only 39 percent of the respondent voiced opposition to the planned reforms while 4 percent had no opinion on the matter.
Among business leaders, 87 percent said the intended reforms were positive compared to the 10 percent who said the reforms were negative and the 3 percent who had no opinion.
Regarding breaking with the present way of doing things as promised by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 41 percent of the salaried workers, who responded to the poll, supported the president while 38 percent thought the president should implement significant reforms without necessarily breaking with the present situation. About 18 percent of the respondents favored maintaining the status quo.
Among business leaders, 63 percent were supportive of the president compared to 30 percent who preferred a methodological approach in the implementation of the planned reforms while 3 percent of the respondents said nothing should be done.
The opinion poll was conducted through telephone interviews from June 22 to June 30, 2007 using a representative sample population of 968 salaried employees from both private and public sector and from June 21 to June 27, 2007 on a representative sample of 403 business leaders.
Source: Xinhua
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