Internet campaigners, based in France, went live with the www.stopblair.eu website in a bid to collect one million signatures opposing Tony Blair’s candidature for Europe’s top job. (From The Daily Telegraph, Feb 2008).
France's Nicolas Sarkozy has been Tony Blair's only prominent supporter for EU president.
Jérôme Guillet, a Paris based investment banker, explained that the idea for the campaign emerged "spontaneously and unanimously" from the pro-EU online bloggers community European Tribune.
"Tony Blair embodies many things we do not like. He is universally reviled," he said.
"This is not the rest of Europe against Britain. It is against him and what he stands for, especially that he is too close to George W Bush."
Many people signing the petition - translated into nine languages and which collected hundreds of signatories within hours of going live on Tuesday - attack Mr Blair for supporting the US-led war against Iraq.
"In order to lead his country into war, Mr Blair made systematic use of fabricated evidence and the manipulation of information," states the petition.
"His role in the Iraq war would weigh heavily on the image of the Union in the world, should he in fact be named its president."
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Thank you. I have signed and am only sorry there is nothing more I can do to stop the smug, avaricious bastard.
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