An opinion poll broadcast by Canal Plus television on Friday showed that most French voters backed the strikes, by a margin of 69 per cent to 29 - but that 52 per cent opposed the blockade of refineries. Yesterday the Right-wing newspaper Le Figaro published the results of another survey which found 56 per cent of respondents wanted the protests to end once the pension reform is passed. A third still support the strikes, though, and only 26 per cent were strongly opposed.