Jacques Chirac

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• Sarkozy’s lecture to the Visegrad Four will fall on deaf ears

  
  Brussels Blog — Authority: 495
  There are all sorts of threats to the European Union’s unity, but something tells me that the biggest threat isn’t the Visegrad group.  This appears to be a view not shared by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.Speaking after the October 29-30 EU summit in Brussels, Sarkozy criticised the fact that the leaders ...
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• On the web: grumbling about world politics, Europe, the US economy, and Palin’s speeches…

  
  Global Dashboard — Authority: 531
  - The former British Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, explains why he’s not grumpy about the current state of international politics – perhaps an outside candidate for the role of EU Foreign Minister? Le Monde diplomatique, meanwhile,  suggests that the path to Lisbon has emphasised the gap between ...
  1 week ago

• "La poésie est un courant d’air nécessaire pour l’esprit, surtout pour l’esprit..."

  
  c0wb0yz Lives ! — Authority: 436
  “La poésie est un courant d’air nécessaire pour l’esprit, surtout pour l’esprit politique. Il y a un moment où il faut savoir s’isoler, et le meilleur moyen de s’isoler, c’est de rêver et pour rêver il n’y a rien de tel que la poésie.” - Jacques Chirac dans les dernières secondes de son ...
  1 week ago

• "Dans le pays de Mandrin et d’Arsène Lupin, Jacques Chirac ne pouvait pas être détesté...."

  
  c0wb0yz Lives ! — Authority: 436
  “Dans le pays de Mandrin et d’Arsène Lupin, Jacques Chirac ne pouvait pas être détesté. Pourtant refaisons un rapide rappelle de son parcours. Il fut d’abord une caricature vivante de l’opportunisme politique. Etudiant de gauche (dixit Michel Rocard qui l’a connu à Science-Po), Pompidolien adepte du ...
  1 week ago

• "Alors il y a l’argument suprême: «Jacques Chirac est vieux et il a rendu des services à la..."

  
  c0wb0yz Lives ! — Authority: 436
  “Alors il y a l’argument suprême: «Jacques Chirac est vieux et il a rendu des services à la France, qu’on le laisse tranquille». Non seulement cet argument illustre la pertinence et la permanence du fameux «selon que vous serez puissant ou misérable… » de la Fontaine mais il illustre aussi l’image ...
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• "Le président de la République n’est qu’un citoyen ordinaire à qui est confié par ses concitoyens une..."

  
  c0wb0yz Lives ! — Authority: 436
  “Le président de la République n’est qu’un citoyen ordinaire à qui est confié par ses concitoyens une charge extraordinaire, à titre temporaire. Une fois cette charge terminée, il redevient un citoyen ordinaire, et la parenthèse qui justifiait une protection extra-ordinaire est refermée. Cette charge ...
  1 week ago

• Does This Sound Familiar?

  
  Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels — Authority: 498
  There are questions in France about why, two years after stepping down as president of his country, Jacques Chirac is standing trial for corruption charges stemming from his time as mayor of Paris in 1977 to 1995 . But the questions seem to have less to do with the substance of the charges than with an apparent ...
  1 week ago

• Former French president Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial in France

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  Former French president Jacques Chirac will stand trial for an alleged corruption scandal from his years as Paris mayor.
  1 week ago

• Black jacques chirac to be tried

  
  Dr Roy's Thoughts — Authority: 560
  Not only black jacques dog is biting him. French justice threatens to take a bite out of chirac crime. PARIS — A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a former leader of modern France is ...
  1 week ago

• Chirac faces trial over Paris ‘ghost jobs’.

  
  Life in France — Authority: 128
  Former French president Jacques Chirac is to be tried on allegations that he gave 21 political allies false contracts as ghost workers in Paris city hall. Click here to view the embedded video. Publish on Life in France Bookmark It
  1 week ago

• Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial for corruption in Paris mayor’s office

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 448
  A judge in Paris has ordered former French President Jacques Chirac,77, to stand trial on charges of misuse of public funds and abuse of trust, while he was the mayor of Paris from 1977-1995. It is the first time  that a former head of state is ordered to stand trial. Chirac has always denied any wrong-doing, and ...
  1 week ago

• Conservative Chirac to Go On Trial

  
  JammieWearingFool — Authority: 721
  Its about time this weasel was held to account. Ive got to laugh, though, how the New York Times call him a conservative.An investigating magistrate on Friday ordered the former French president, Jacques Chirac, to stand trial on corruption charges dating to his time as mayor of Paris, reinforcing the whiff of alleged ...
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• France’s ex-president Chirac to be tried for fraud

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Paris, Oct 30 (DPA) Former French president Jacques Chirac will be tried for abuse of public funds in an affair dating from 1983 to 1995, when he was mayor of Paris, French media reported Friday.The 76-year-old Chirac is charged with authorising the hiring of 21 people for jobs at the Paris City Hall that they [...]
  1 week ago

• Jacques Chirac: former French president charged with embezzlement

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  Former French president charged with awarding contracts for nonexistent jobs when he was mayor of Paris.
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• Know thy president by his choice of pooch

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  Diary of a dogwalker : the corridors of power offer scant protection when you share them with a furious pet says Edward Stourton.
  3 weeks ago

• Barack Alone

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 782
  Obama is more isolated internationally than his surprise Nobel might lead one to believe.
  4 weeks ago

• Former French president’s dog gets new home

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 528
  Former French President Jacques Chirac has found a new home for his Maltese terrier, Sumo, after the tiny dog attacked him for a third time. In the most recent incident, Sumo is reported to have bitten Chirac in the stomach in their Paris apartment, the BBC reported. Used to roaming the large gardens of the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Former French President Chirac Exiles “Depressed” Dog To Farm

  
  Foolocracy — Authority: 435
  Sumo, a Maltese bichon belonging to former French President Jacques Chirac, loved France’s official Presidential residence called the Elysée Palace. With lots of room to roam, including a large garden, Sumo freely followed Chirac as he made his rounds through the many rooms. “He would take him everywhere,” ...
  5 weeks ago

• Jacques Chirac forced to give away depressed dog Sumo

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  Jacques Chirac the former president of France has given away his beloved dog Sumo after it attacked him for a third time.
  5 weeks ago

• Et tu, Fifi? [Mans Best Friend]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 871
  Isolated and out-of-power, Jacques Chirac has given away his dog after multiple bitings.
  5 weeks ago

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