In 1994 his L'Autre Europe won 14% of the vote in France and he was elected to the European parliament.
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Sixteen executives, including Europe's richest woman, the L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, offered in an open letter to pay a "special contribution" in a spirit of "solidarity".
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French racing authorities, which stage Europe's richest race - the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - on the first Sunday in October, had threatened to oppose the changes.
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