France's Chirac signals departure from politics
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French President Jacques Chirac has given his clearest signal yet that he will stand down in May, saying in a television interview that he envisages life after politics.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address Sunday night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement today after a 45-year career in politics.Comment
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France's political sphere changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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Jacques Chirac delivers speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 4 Jan 2007 French President Jacques Chirac has signaled he will probably not seek an unprecedented third term in this year's presidential elections.Comment
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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's announcement that he will leave frontline politics brought no end to the controversy over his record and legacy on Monday.Comment
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PARIS  -  Setting the stage for a suspenseful presidential race, French President Jacques Chirac announced Sunday that he would not run for a third term after 12 years in office and 40 years in politics.Comment
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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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Nicolas Sarkozy, the new leader of France&#39;s ruling conservative party, has carved out a stellar political career that he unabashedly sees as one day -- and sooner rather than later -- making him French president.
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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.
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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France&#39;s president left a Brussels meeting early in what has been widely seen as a refusal to meet Iraq&#39;s prime minister. Jacques Chirac left a European Union summit Thursday
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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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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 left China on Tuesday after a five-day visit important for its political and economic impact.
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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.