Chirac will not seek fresh term

Veteran French President Jacques Chirac confirmed in a TV address, 11 March 2007, that he will not be seeking a third term in office in the April 2007 French Presidential election.

• Primary Source

BBC News, 11.3.07: Profile: Jacques Chirac http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1943550.stm

The Tocqueville Connection: Friends and foes mark the end of Chirac era, March 2007 http://www.adetocqueville.com/

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