(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The vast majority of people in France believe legislators who fail to attend their job for two days a week should be reprimanded, according to a poll by Ifop released by Le Figaro and LCI. 85 per cent of respondents back a proposal to retain the salaries of absentee lawmakers.

In May, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate and former interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy won the presidential run-off with 53.06 per cent of the vote. Sarkozy appointed François Fillon—who had been his adviser and presidential campaign leader—as prime minister.

Guy Carcassonne, a prominent French constitutional lawyer, recently proposed that every member of the National Assembly be punished with salary-retention if he or she fails to attend the legislature for two or more days a week.

Lawmakers from all parties have criticized Carcassonne's proposal. UMP president François Copé deemed the idea "perfectly demagogic", adding, "It feeds anti-parliamentary feelings and throws the deputies to the piranhas."

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It has been proposed to retain the salaries of members of the National Assembly who are absent from the legislature for two days a week. Do you favour or oppose this proposal?

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