French support shops opening on Sundays

More than two-thirds of French people are in favor of shops opening on Sundays, as long as they don't have to do the work themselves, according to a new opinion poll.

Sixty-eight percent of respondents to the Odoxa poll, appearing in Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday, said they were in favor of Sunday trading while 31 percent disapproved.

But when asked whether they would like to regularly work on Sundays, 53 percent said no, with most saying they thought of the day as a time to spend with family.