The Boston Globe, March 18th, 2007
JACQUES CHIRAC, who confirmed last week that he will not seek a third term as president of France, will depart in May with his popularity at a nadir, and he may have to face indictment for corruption scandals during his 15 years as mayor of Paris. But during his 12 years as head of state, he was a protean political figure. His gaudy contradictions often seemed to incarnate those of France itself. He was a Gaullist conservative who at times fiercely defended the statist "French social model." He was a staunch Europeanist, yet his exhortations for a yes vote in 2005 on a new European Union const...
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