It’s certainly not a kill shot, but the re-election hopes of French President Nicolas Sarkozy have taken another groan-eliciting body check—this time from Elysée predecessor Jacques Chirac ...

There has been very little love lost between Nicolas Sarkozy and his predecessor Jacques Chirac in recent years. They were once very close – so much so that when Sarkozy announced his intention ...

Chirac, Former Protege in ... Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. Eleanor Beardsley reports. ... August 8, 2004 12:00 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. Chirac, Former Protege in Spat.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Promises Change France's new conservative president, ... 2007 2:01 PM ET. ... Chirac was forced to bring Sarkozy into his cabinet as interior minister in 2002.

The frontrunner in the French presidential race, Nicolas Sarkozy, has denied a deal to protect President Jacques Chirac from a corruption probe. Mr Sarkozy said the allegation in a weekly satirical ...

President Chirac did not attend but was represented by his wife, Bernadette. Just over half the UMP's 120,000 members took part in the vote, in which Mr Sarkozy stood against two rivals. The BBC's ...

Nicolas Sarkozy endorsed by Jacques Chirac as he resigns as interior minister. Nicholas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac fell out 10 years ago [EPA] Published On 19 Jan 2008 19 Jan 2008.

When Nicolas Sarkozy takes over the French presidency on May 16, it will be with a mandate to govern. Sarkozy won the presidency this weekend in a 53 to 47 percent vote, with a turnout of 85 percent.

Chirac's well-reported fury at Sarkozy's pro-American rhetoric during a U.S. visit in September 2006 indicates just how far Sarkozy is willing to go to distance himself from what he sees as the ...

Nicolas Sarkozy nearly yanked ... An official with the national gendarme service said the man lives in the Lot-et-Garonne region where the president ... Sarkozy's predecessor, Jacques Chirac, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The town of Clichy-sous-Bois, a 35-minute car drive north-east of central Paris (or an hour and a half by bus and ...