French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and former French President Jacques Chirac, right, chat with former First Lady Bernadette Chirac, center, after she was awarded with the Legion of Honour medal, during a ceremony held in Paris, Wednesday March 18, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and former French President Jacques Chirac, right, chat with former First Lady Bernadette Chirac, center, after she was awarded with the Legion of Honour medal, during a ceremony held in Paris, Wednesday March 18, 2009.

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  2. Former French President Jacques Chirac (R) greets former judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere (L) on November 7, 2009 during Brive-la-Gaillarde book fair, southern France. Chirac released two years after leaving the Elysee palace the 500-page first book of a two-volume autobiography entitled 'Every Step Should Be a Goal' on his 12 year presidency.
  3. Former French President Jacques Chirac (R) attends his charity foundation award for the prevention of conflicts first ceremony in front of Former French health Minster Simon Veil, on November 6, 2009 at the Sorbonne university in Paris.
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  5. Former French President Jacques Chirac (L) and his successor Nicolas Sarkozy arrive for Chirac's charity foundation award for the prevention of conflicts first ceremony, on November 6, 2009 at the Sorbonne university in Paris.
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  7. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  8. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  9. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) tastes a piece of cheese as he visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  10. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) before inaugurating a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais in Paris October 9, 2009. Culture Minister Mitterrand is facing calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, revelations that were made in a 2005 autobiography "The Bad Life". Jean-David Levitte (2ndL) is President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor.
  12. A member of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, writes on a board the 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy' promises as the workers prepare a symbolic meeting with the president. In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.

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