French candidate Bayrou says Europe should solve Mideast woes, not the U.S.
CHATELAIN, France: "The gentleman farmer who is shaking up France's presidential race sought Wednesday to carve out a foreign policy agenda leaning heavily on Europe — not the United States — to tackle international terrorism and Middle East peace. Francois Bayrou wants to break up France's left-right political divide and rethink the way French companies hire. Asked how he would reconcile Paris and Washington after the chill following Chirac's fierce opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Bayrou looked to the future. "I do not doubt that there will soon be a new administration" in Washington, he said. Socialist rival Segolene Royal, who opinion polls show leading Bayrou by several percentage points, also voiced her opposition to the Bush administration on Wednesday. Speaking at a rally in the northeastern city of Metz, Royal pledged that if she is elected, "France will retain its autonomy and judgment vis-a-vis the United States of America."
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