The pension reform has split the French opinion in two," Jeanbart said. With Christmas just around the corner and no truce in sight, Opinion Way’s research shows that public opinion remains pretty much unchanged. Lex Paulson, an American attorney and professor in political culture at the Sciences Po University in Paris, said Christmas could sour the French opinion of the strikers. “If the government makes important concessions this week, they could sway the public opinion in their favour,” Jeanbart said. "We could find ourselves facing a lasting movement," Jeanbart said.

Source: The Local December 19, 2019 08:15 UTC