The last time the French were called to vote in a referendum in Europe was in 2005, when they roundly rejected the European constitutional treaty.
President François Hollande is due to push through a budgetary discipline treaty strongly promoted by German chancellor Angela Merkel in the coming weeks.
One CSA poll published last month suggested 72 per cent of French would like to vote on the treaty via a referendum but Mr Hollande has ruled this out.
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