Editing José Bové (section)

== Political life ==
[[File:Jose Bove p1200239.jpg|thumb|15 April 2007 electoral meeting in Paris]]
Following an appeal from his supporters, who gathered 40,000 signatures, in January 2007 Bové announced he would run as a candidate that year in the [[2007 French presidential election]]. He formally declared on 1 February and in six weeks gained the required 500 signatures from elected officials necessary to be a candidate. He declared he was fighting for "the people that have no voice." He was trying to promote unity on the radical left and aiming to defeat the right and the far right, which had recently gained popularity. He was endorsed by actress [[Juliette Binoche]], who has international renown.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fr.novopress.info/?p=7818 |title=Bobo-démago : Binoche aime Bové |date=April 6, 2007 |work=[[Novopress]] |agency=[[Rivarol (magazine)]] }} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 19 March Bové announced that he had secured the support necessary to reach the second stage, to be listed on the published ballot, alongside 11 other contenders. On the first round of the presidential election, Bové scored 1.32% of the popular vote (483,008 votes).<ref>BBC News articles, 1 February and 19 March 2007</ref>

Following the French presidential elections, Bové became more closely associated with [[Europe Écologie]], a coalition of French environmentalist political parties including the [[The Greens (France)|Green Party]]. In the [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009 European Parliament election]], he headed the list of candidates for the South-West constituency. On 7 June 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament, as Europe Ecologie garnered more than 16% of the vote in a [[proportional electoral system]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/scanner/elections-europeennes-2009/200924/sud-ouest-jose-bove-elu_215943.html |title=Sud-Ouest: José Bové élu - Toute l'actu sur Lejdd.fr |access-date=2009-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232444/http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/scanner/elections-europeennes-2009/200924/sud-ouest-jose-bove-elu_215943.html |archive-date=2014-02-01 }}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014 European Parliament election]].