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Chirac backs Sarkozy’s presidential bid
PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac threw his weight behind his party’s presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, overcoming hostility between the two in a move that could bolster the right’s campaign. Chirac said Sarkozy’s candidature should have the full backing of the ruling UMP party. “So it is totally natural that I give him my vote and my support,” he said in a televised statement.
Boy howdy, there's a ringing endorsement.
Chirac also said that Sarkozy would leave his post as interior minister on March 26, an announcement that had been expected after he said he would leave the centre-right government ahead of the first round of the election on April 22.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-03-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=183700