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De Gaulle's legacy makes it to the French referendum campaign

Voted as the greatest Frenchman of all times in a TV poll, Charles de Gaulle and his legacy enter the EU Constitution referendum campaign in France - with both camps claiming he would have been be on their side.

The result of a survey on France 2 television, the main state network, was announced on Tuesday (5 April).

General De Gaulle, who died in 1970, is honoured as leader of the French resistance movement during the Nazi occupation, and for restoring the country's self esteem ...

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