French public wants Euro 2016 staged

The French public is strongly against any cancellation of this summer's Euro 2016 football championships due to the fear of further terrorist attacks, an opinion poll published Sunday has shown.

The poll was carried out by the Odoxa institute for RTL and Winamax two to three days after the bomb attacks in Brussels that killed 31 people and left 340 others wounded.

Asked whether, in the context of the terrorist threat, it would be better to cancel Euro 2016, due to be held in France from June 10 to July 10, 79% of those questioned replied no.

On the matter of fan-zones, special areas set up around the country in front of giant screens for match-viewing, 58% replied no to the question of whether they should be scrapped with 41% saying yes.