At the same time, an online "Stop Blair" petition has already managed to collect 20,000 names in protest against Mr Blair's nomination. The petition, at www.stopblair.eu, was set up by Jerome Guillet, a Parisbased investment banker who hopes to collect one million signatures and hole Mr Blair's candidacy beneath the water line. Pro-European Mr Guillet said: "Tony Blair embodies many things we do not like. "He is universally reviled. "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 GeorgeWBush."
At the same time, an online "Stop Blair" petition has already managed to collect 20,000 names in protest against Mr Blair's nomination.
The petition, at www.stopblair.eu, was set up by Jerome Guillet, a Parisbased investment banker who hopes to collect one million signatures and hole Mr Blair's candidacy beneath the water line.
Pro-European Mr Guillet said: "Tony Blair embodies many things we do not like.
"He is universally reviled.
"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 GeorgeWBush."
