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Chirac on trial: former French president in the dock (part 2)
05/09/2011 - THE DEBATE

Chirac on trial: former French president in the dock (part 2)

With Jacques Chirac excused from the opening day of his own trial on medical grounds, what place in history will there be for a French president who remains popular but is dogged by decades-old corruption allegations? François Picard's panel reflects on the trouble with trying political leaders.
Chirac on trial: former French president in the dock
05/09/2011 - THE DEBATE

Chirac on trial: former French president in the dock

With Jacques Chirac excused from the opening day of his own trial on medical grounds, what place in history will there be for a French president who remains popular but is dogged by decades-old corruption allegations? François Picard's panel reflects on the trouble with trying political leaders.
'Return of the living dead'
05/09/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Return of the living dead'

A former president and a former presidential hopeful dominate: Jacques Chirac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. They are both mired in scandal. Chirac, at 78, will not be in court today on medical grounds for the start of his trial for alleged corruption. And Strauss-Kahn is back home in what a political rival calls the return of the "living dead". That's the focus for the French press review, Monday 5th September 2011.
Chirac trial to continue in his absence, court rules
06/09/2011 - FRANCE

Chirac trial to continue in his absence, court rules

A French court ruled on Monday that the embezzlement trial of Jacques Chirac would go ahead despite the former French president's absence from the proceedings on medical grounds.
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Right and left face off over police cuts
30/08/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

Right and left face off over police cuts

Tuesday's French papers focus on what to do about soaring urban violence in France's second city Marseille - as politicians from left and right face off over cuts to police numbers.
Jacques Chirac: Former conservative president turning Socialist?
16/06/2011 - POLITICS

Jacques Chirac: Former conservative president turning Socialist?

Our weekly match between two of France's finest political minds Jean-Marc Gonin, Senior Writer with Le Figaro Magazine, and Philip Turle, Journalist at RFI.
2012 presidential election: Chirac 'jokes' he'll vote for Socialist candidate
14/06/2011 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

2012 presidential election: Chirac 'jokes' he'll vote for Socialist candidate

Former French President Jacques Chirac has quipped he would rather vote for the socialist François Hollande in the next presidential election than for Nicolas Sarkozy. Also, the Bettencourt family battle reignites as France’s richest woman is once again fighting with her only daughter. Finally, is French football hooliganism on the rise?
Chirac 'joke' makes political establishment squirm
14/06/2011 - FRANCE

Chirac 'joke' makes political establishment squirm

France's former conservative president Jacques Chirac has suggested he will vote for Socialist presidential hopeful François Hollande in next year's election, in a snub to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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"Chirac, the laughing cow"
13/06/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

"Chirac, the laughing cow"

FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 13/06/11, Former conservative French President Jacques Chirac is making headlines after he suggested over the weekend that he would vote for Socialist candidate François Hollande in next year’s presidential election. The 78-year-old has said he was just kidding, but according to Libération, the damage is done.
French court rules Chirac corruption trial can go ahead
23/05/2011 - FRANCE

French court rules Chirac corruption trial can go ahead

A French appeals court has ruled that former President Jacques Chirac’s corruption trial can go ahead after rejecting claims that some of the charges, which date back to the 1990s, are unconstitutional under the statute of limitations.
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