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June 26, 2006
Answers First, Then Questions

CHIRAC TO REASSERT BATTERED AUTHORITY IN TV INTERVIEW

PARIS June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Announced late Sunday, Chirac's surprise TV appearance comes just three weeks ahead of the president's traditional address to the nation, on France's national holiday on July 14. ... Chirac "will answer the questions of the French people and recall certain principles and groundrules" amid the "political agitation gripping the country a year before the presidential election," officials said.

Do you have a question about the future of France? A question about the disposition of the prime minister? The foreign minister? Do you want a straight answer on the accent aigu crisis? Jack, the Élysée Sasquatch, has employed Michaël Borras of SYSTAIME.com, the creator of "French Trash Touch", to compile a video with all-purpose answers for these and all your questions about France and things French.

INSTRUCTIONS: Mentally form your question, then stick Jack in the eye and be enlightened.


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UPDATE 06.26.06:

LE SOUTIEN APPUYÉ DE CHIRAC À VILLEPIN
[JACK'S FIRM SUPPORT FOR DOM]

26 juin 2006 à 23h58 (Fr2) - "Je respecte et j'admire l'équipe de France, je la soutiens sans réserve", et "j'espère qu'elle va gagner jusqu'au bout", a déclaré le président de la République. "Tous les Français aujourd'hui", a dit encore le président, "doivent non pas s'associer à des critiques stériles et malsaines, mais soutenir sans réserve une équipe qui les représente et qui le fait bien".

Oh, yes, Dom stays.

"Je ne vois pas au nom de quoi aujourd'hui je changerais un gouvernement qui a rempli parfaitement son contrat", a affirmé le président de la République en renouvelant sa "confiance" au Premier ministre.

["I don't see why I should change a government today that has perfectly fulfilled its mission."]

Parfaitement. Yes. Perfectly.

UPDATE 06.28.06: The interview transcript and video can be found here.

PFFT (What is this?): Responsive government ¼ | Rayonnement français 0

posted by Damian at 10:00 AM
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