France's Chirac may not run for office
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French President Jacques Chirac is hinting that a third presidential run might not be in the cards, but he has not ruled one out.
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Mrs Merkel and Mr Chirac are co-ordinating positions on Turkey German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac have rejected the idea of setting a deadline for Turkey to comply with EU ...Comment
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection, bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline politics.He leaves behind a ...Comment
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac announced yesterday he would not seek reelection next month after 45 years in front-line politics and appealed to French voters to shun extremism.
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PARIS  -- As hopes dimmed that two French journalists held captive in Iraq would be freed soon, French President Jacques Chirac was to discuss the crisis Sunday with his foreign minister, who returned from a mission to the Middle East with no news of
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French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sudden departure from the position France has long held with key allies.
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French President Jacques Chirac said on Friday he had not refused to meet Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi after reports he was snubbing the Iraqi leader by leaving an EU meeting in Brussels early.
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PARIS, March 11 -- French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday that he will not seek a third term next month, opening the way for a new generation of leaders to take over a country struggling to halt the erosion of its economy, social cohesion and global standing.
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French President Jacques Chirac is hinting that a third presidential run might not be in the cards, but he has not ruled one out.Comment
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Former French president Jacques Chirac was questioned Thursday by a judge looking into a party funding scam during his time as mayor of Paris, judicial officials said.
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Creating a defence and aerospace "industrial champion" centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the ...
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Jacques Chirac's potential successors _ including the head of his own party, Nicolas Sarkozy _ are racing to distance themselves from the French president's legacy that critics say is marred by economic ...Comment
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Jacques Chirac's tenure in public office in France has been legendary despite questions over his political acumen.
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French President Jacques Chirac will go on TV on Sunday to say if he will run for re-election, his office says.
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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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Former French president Jacques Chirac has refused to testify in the so-called Clearstream political dirty tricks scandal involving current President Nicolas Sarkozy, citing constitutional reasons, his office said late Friday.
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France reserves the right to veto Turkey's entry into the European Union "at any moment," President Jacques Chirac told state television Sunday in an interview during a state visit to Beijing.