E.U. Anti-Bodies

William Abitbol doesn't much like the European Union. He disdains the common currency and the lack of control France has over interest rates. He'd like to abolish the European Parliament — yet he's a member of it. The M.E.P. from the Rally for France party has been campaigning all over the country's southwest to persuade voters to give him a second term in the belly of the beast. Euro-skeptics like Abitbol are hoping that like-minded politicians from the new member states will boost their numbers and their clout in the E.U.'s only directly elected body. Hard-core Euro-skeptics hold about 10% of...

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