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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When I say as quickly as possible, I of course mean months, not years,
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reflection, which I shall devote to explaining to my fellow citizens what my feelings are on this crisis and the means to remedy it.
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It is a measure necessary to give law enforcement all the means they need to bring a permanent return to calm ... naturally this is a strictly temporary measure which will only apply where it is strictly necessary and with the full agreement of local elected officials,
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We must stop the spiral of barbarity and take away from this regime the means to conduct such operations.
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It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.
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As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.
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The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the meaning of France's initiative since the start.
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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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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,