Jacques Chirac

All four former Soviet republics now have tense ties with Moscow. Putin had breakfast Friday with former French President Jacques Chirac, but he was not scheduled to meet with President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in Brazil, or with the...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, France, Francois Fillon, Gazprom, Russia, Copenhagen, Natural gas, Climate change, and Global warming

...a French president to have attended a summit of former British colonies where English is, so to speak, the lingua franca. Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy's predecessor, once stormed out of a European summit when a French business leader addressed...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Commonwealth, Charles de Gaulle, Quebec, Paul Kagame, London, France, Climate change, and Elizabeth I

...is the first French President to promote politicians from racial minorities. His predecessor, Jacques Chirac, did little in this direction. Mr Chirac has been caught out on a video clip this week making an unthinkingly and mildly racist remark...

In this article: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Thierry Henry, Paris, Algeria, Ireland, Ostrich, Nationalism, and World Cup

...critics as displaying "a total absence of originality". His literary fortunes could scarcely be more different to those of Jacques Chirac, 76, another retired French president and Mr Giscard d'Estaing's longstanding nemesis. Mr Chirac's...

In this article: Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Diana, Princess of Wales, Le Monde, Princess Patricia, British Airways, and Cardiff

By Helene Franchineau THE WASHINGTON TIMES When he was in office, Jacques Chirac was among the least popular French heads of state, with an approval rating as low as 32 percent. Now his successor, Nicolas Sarkozy, who has just passed...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Iraq War, France, World Cup, The Washington Times, Jean-Marie Le Pen, and Georges Pompidou

...Minister Charles Pasqua, convicted last month for his role in an arms scandal in the 1990s, accused former President Jacques Chirac on Thursday of letting illegal weapons sales to Angola go ahead. Pasqua was given a three year...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique de Villepin, Jonas Savimbi, Angolan Civil War, Unita, Clearstream, and U.N.

...peddling connected to arms trafficking to Angola. He plans to appeal and announced he will sue the judge. France's Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on...

In this article: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Le Parisien, Angola, The Miami Herald, Dominique de Villepin, and U.N.

...that September he broke up with Herlihy. The following month he became engaged to Bernadette. Chirac also discloses in his book that he lost his virginity to an Algerian prostitute at 18, when he was a sailor. "The bosun asked me whether I...

In this article: Anorexia, Paris, US, Allegation, Suicide, and Fever

Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name. Chirac, 76, was ordered last week to stand trial over...

In this article: Paris, Allegation, and Le Figaro

In this article: Paris, Dominique de Villepin, Nicolas Sarkozy, Beneficiary, Allegation, and Socialist Party