Chirac Leaving Stage Admired and Scorned
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as France's president, announced Sunday he will not seek a third term in elections this spring _ a widely expected move given his low popularity, his age and ...Comment
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Jacques Chirac, the French president, is to miss an EU summit meeting today with the interim Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi. Aides to Mr Chirac, an opponent of the US-led war, denied the move was a snub
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IN HIM France gave the world one of the major figures of the intellectual life of our times, announced Jacques Chirac, the French president, on the day after Jacques Derrida's death.
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BEFORE ARRIVING in London this morning for his state visit, President Chirac took pains to ridicule Tony Blairâs vision of âbuilding a bridgeâ between Europe and America.
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The election of Nicolas Sarkozy as UMP leader has weakened Jacques Chirac's political power base, say the BBC's Caroline Wyatt.
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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned as finance minister Monday, a day after accepting the leadership of France's conservative party and effectively becoming a rival to his old boss, President Jacques Chirac.
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PARIS -- US diplomats here respond to Jacques Chirac&#39;s continued Yankee-bashing following George W. Bush&#39;s re-election by saying the French president is out of step with his people, who are not nearly that anti-American.
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PARIS -- In the heat of the presidential campaign early this year, Jack Lang, a popular icon of the French left, accused Nicolas Sarkozy of "trickery at the highest level," "antirepublican behavior," and -- perhaps most cutting of all -- being a "Bush adapted for France."
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President Jacques Chirac has been busy talking up the advantages of trade with France on his current Asian tour - but back home the newspapers have been lukewarm on his performance.
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French President Jacques Chirac began a  visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering  accusations against Washington and London of endangering the  world by invading Iraq.
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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.
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Every two decades, it seems, the Middle East embroils Jacques Chirac in a particularly agonizing way. In the mid-1980s, he was prime minister as France wrestled with the kidnapping in Lebanon of several French
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French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.
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French President Jacques Chirac is  expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics on  Sunday after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic  gestures but short on concrete reforms.
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French President Jacques Chirac has launched a stinging attack on President Thabo Mbeki's efforts to bring peace to Ivory Coast, suggesting he lacks understanding of the "psychology and soul" of West Africa.
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French president Jacques Chirac delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 3 February.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac announces his decision to bow out of politics in a televised address from the Elysee Palace on March 11.Comment