Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chiracis a French politician, who served as the President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976, from 1986 to 1988, and as the Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 November 1932
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
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This summit of Nice will remain in European history as a summit that shaped the Union. It was important to keep our commitments to the candidate countries in central and eastern Europe.
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Like all the countries of Europe, France is keenly aware that the Atlantic alliance remains, in the face of new threats, a fundamental element of our collective security.
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These countries have been not very well behaved and rather reckless of the danger of aligning themselves too rapidly with the American position.
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The countries concerned must channel the bulk of their efforts to curb emissions through national or regional measures. No country can elude its share of the collective effort.
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When I say as quickly as possible, I of course mean months, not years,
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To the families of the victims and those close to them, I express my most heartfelt condolences,
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True peace remains to be built in hearts and minds, ... Let us then reach out to them a brotherly hand.
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Without waiting, I asked the government to start the procedures necessary to put such a levy in place next year,
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To hide nothing: I was starting to get anxious to get out. That's a fact. I started to find the time long. To hide nothing from you.
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To help young people, especially young people in difficulty, to get employment I've decided to create a voluntary task force combining support and training,
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Everything will be done ... with the Venezuelan authorities ... to shed light upon the reasons, circumstances and responsibilities in this terrible tragedy,
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everybody understands they have to retaliate, that it is unavoidable.
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Everything favors the situating of high-technology operations in France and Europe, ... I'm counting on you.
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At such a painful time, words are really powerless,