He was the only candidate that was controversial enough to incite a protest at the Luxembourg square in front of the European Parliament, a manifesto signed by 85 MEPs, a petition signed by 400,000 citizens in one day, and his own hashtag on social media: #stopcanete.
Half a year later that fierce opposition to Spanish centre-right politician Miguel Arias Canete see...
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