Chirac's airborne snooze a wake-up call for French...
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A good night's sleep may be priceless to many, but French taxpayers have been left fuming at the five-figure bill run up to ensure unbroken slumber for President Jacques Chirac.
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French President Jacques Chirac has appealed to the French business community to seize the immense opportunities on offer in China, as he played down fears jobs could be lost at home.
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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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MOSCOW - France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, yesterday tried to tone down remarks he made in a radio and television interview the day before that the world had to prepare for possible war against Iran.
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French President Jacques Chirac plays down the threat from a nuclear-armed Iran, but later reconsiders.
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President Jacques Chirac was considering bringing forward the date of France&#39;s national referendum on the EU constitution yesterday after a resounding victory for the &quot;yes&quot; camp
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The government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has raised the possibility of France rejoining the military wing of NATO. via Political Gateway
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<img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071024/capt.fc5e5224d7d04d70afc3ea2ce8d0e555.france_environemnt_par101.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=OCqHdDExdgc.WJ6j9o.h5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Cars line up on the highway just outside Paris, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2007. France's government began national talks Wednesday aimed at changing the way the French treat the environment, as part of the president's bid to put the country in the forefront of the fight against global warming. The European Parliament proposed tighter emissions limits for car makers but more time to reach them as part of plans to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) \
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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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Clearly the American election is on the mind of the president of France. When President Jacques Chirac stood before his ambassadorial corps today, there was no hint that
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - Two planes chartered by Canada were on standby Wednesday to evacuate citizens who have been trapped, along with thousands of French and other foreigners, for days by violent attacks targeting French civilians and troops in this
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A summit of French-speaking countries may have opened with the Ivory Coast at the top of its agenda, but it wasn&#39;t enough to keep the West African state at the table.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.
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French President Jacques Chirac, in a BBC interview, said he is &quot;not at all sure&quot; the world has become safer after the removal of Saddam Hussein from power.
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French President Jacques Chirac says he is "not at all sure" the world has become safer with the removal from power the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address last night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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HANOI: French President Jacques Chirac has said the US-led war in Iraq was illegal and expressed his fear for the countryâs future in the face of a âcivil warâ.