The goodby of Chirac

[Steph]

Sunday evening, Jacques Chirac, the French president, declared he would not run for the next presidential election.
Out of curiosity:
Did the news speak about it in your country, and what did they comment?

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

I've not seen the news on TV and there wasn't a mention on the Radio. It's been reported in the serious newspapers. There'll probably be some xenophobic rant in The Sun too.

I'm glad he's gone simply because I'd rather sleep with Mme Royal than Msr. Chirac, I never liked his employment reforms

 

[general_kill]

Bye bye, can't say I'll miss him... unless the next one drops a nuke on me.

 

[Tee Kay]

One of my favourite right-wing world leaders.

He stopped Le Pen from becoming president in 2002. Just for that I think France and Europe owes him a big thank you.

 

[Steph]

He stopped Le Pen from becoming president in 2002. Just for that I think France and Europe owes him a big thank you.

You know, it's the French people who voted 82% against Le Pen. Chirac didn't do much to stop him.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I heard about it on the radio here in the US, but I was listening to the BBC, so I guess it doesnt count. So long Chirac, make way for Napoleon Sarkozy.

 

[Paradigne]

I heard it on the news over the weekend. They didn't really comment on it, they just stated it matter-of-factly.

 

[Phlegmak]

Sunday evening, Jacques Chirac, the French president, declared he would not run for the next presidential election.
Out of curiosity:
Did the news speak about it in your country, and what did they comment?

I have not heard that mentioned in the US news.

 

[thetrooper]

Did the news speak about it in your country, and what did they comment?

I couldn't be bothered with news over the weekend.

 

[Atticus]

Did the news speak about it in your country, and what did they comment?

STT (if I remeber correctly) said that it wasn't any news. Helsingin Sanomat wrote that Chirac said that he stands behind the things he have done, and tried to serve France as good as he could. Much of the news was about Sarkozy, if Chirac supports him and the differences in their politics. Oh, and there was about Chirac opposing Le Pen &co and neoliberalism.

What particular aspect about the news you're interested?

 

[classical_hero]

This is news to me.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I've not been following the news too closely lately, but I saw no mention of it. Everyone's been taking for granted he won't run again anyway.

 

[CartesianFart]

A majority of American people do not know who Chirac is.I can garantee that.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

A majority of American people do not know who Chirac is.I can garantee that.

Until I started learning more about him here from the French posters, I always got him mixed up with this guy:

I didnt even know he was the President, I thought he was the PM

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

Until I started learning more about him here from the French posters, I always got him mixed up with this guy:

Spoiler :

I didnt even know he was the President, I thought he was the PM

I get all frenchmen mixed up with that guy

 

[Riffraff]

I was surprised when I saw this in the news - I somehow thought that it already been announced previously

 

[Steph]

I'm not interested in something specific, just wanted to know if this kind of info was reported outside of France

 

[Masquerouge]

I learned it from you... the shame!

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

I'm not interested in something specific, just wanted to know if this kind of info was reported outside of France

Like others, I already had the impression that Chirac wasn't going to 'run'.

 

[Grisu]

I was surprised when I saw this in the news - I somehow thought that it already been announced previously

same here, I thought he'd said it earlier already, so I wasn't surprised when I saw him announce it in the news last night ...

btw, I a few months back my local paper ran an article on Ségolène Royal. what are the resident frenchmen's views on her chances of actually getting in?