France's Chirac bows out of frontline politics
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French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election next month, bowing out of frontline politics after a 45-year career that consisted of symbolic gestures as much as concrete policies.
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French President Jacques Chirac strode energetically into his last formal European summit on Thursday championing the role of nuclear power in the fight against climate change.Comment
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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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French President Jacques Chirac gestures while speaking during a final media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday March 9, 2007.Comment
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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'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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French centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, the frontrunner to succeed Jacques Chirac as president, has distanced himself from the Chirac era.Comment
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Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his Cabinet and made the surprise announcement Wednesday that he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene at a time when Syria's role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.
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Story published at magicvalley.com on Monday, March 12, 2007 Last modified on Sunday, March 11, 2007 9:43 PM MDT French President Jacques Chirac gestures while speaking during a final media conference at an EU ...Comment
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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's announcement that he will leave frontline politics brought no end to the controversy over his record and legacy on Monday.
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Comments The French president has announced his retirement Jacques Chirac has announced his retirement from politics after a career spanning more than 40 years.Comment
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After losing a key foreign policy vote in the upper house of parliament, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned .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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The decision by the highest administrative court in France to ban the Lebanese satellite television network Al Manar from broadcasting in the country shows that France has greatly distanced itself from Gaullism ...
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement on Sunday, as the current favourite to replace him, Nicolas Sarkozy, continues to make waves on the issue of immigration.
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France has decided to pull its special forces out of Afghanistan after a NATO-led stabilisation force extended operations to the whole country, the French defense ministry said on Sunday.