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Francia: He’s walking in Gandhi’s footsteps in his own way...
by Open-Publishing - Friday 2 February 2007Francia: He’s walking in Gandhi’s footsteps in his own way...
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He’s walking in Gandhi’s footsteps in his own way. There isn’t any personal ambition about him
Champion of the oppressed takes on greatest challenge - the French presidency
He is the walrus-moustached farmer whose fight against McDonald’s and globalisation saw him hailed as a modern-day Asterix leading the Gauls. But José Bové yesterday left his sheep farm in southern France, strolled into a labour exchange in a rundown north Paris suburb, took a draw on his trademark pipe and announced he was running for president.
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