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Jacques Chirac

President of the French Republic (1995-2007).

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«President Jacques Chirac’s speech during his visit to naval and air strategic forces»

by Jacques Chirac

9 February 2006
It’s a great pleasure for me to meet with women and men, military and civilians, who are involved in a fundamental mission for our independence and security: the nuclear deterrent. Our nuclear deterrent national force was created thanks to our efforts and represents what France is capable of making when a goal is set. I’d like to pay tribute to those experts and military men who were involved, and still are, in those efforts.
The bipolar world is over, but threats against peace have not (...)

“Strength and Solidarity: Answering the Europeans’ Expectations”

by Jacques Chirac, Luis David Obando López

29 November 2005
The French people’s poll on May 29 revealed a total lack of confidence in the European project. Giving fresh impetus to Europe is a must. Saying NO to the Treaty does not mean the French have turned their backs on 50 years of European construction, but their dissatisfaction with and doubts about a Europe which cannot placate their worries. The need for a powerful Europe – a source of growth and employment – must be reaffirmed, without ignoring the European identity.
The European model is (...)

"France Freedom Was Only Possible Thanks to the Courage of the Russian People"

by Jacques Chirac

11 May 2005
Let us celebrate the European nations’ freedom from the nazi yoke. The liberation of France by the allies was only possible because the Russian people and their soldiers showed unprecedented courage. The Russian soldiers lived through the hardest trials of that war and they managed to overcome. We owe them infinitely. Every time I come to Moscow, I visit the house keeping the memorial of the pilots on the "Normandy-Niemen" squadron, the Russian and French who jointly fought Nazism.
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