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Back stabber under investigation

By on November 21, 2007
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Good news, Chirac is under investigation for corruption as Paris mayor back in 1977 to 1995. We all knew he was crooked.

He lost immunity from investigation after he left the presidency in May.

…Mr Chirac has now been placed under formal investigation, said his lawyer Jean Veil.

This means judges believe there is enough evidence against a suspect to proceed with a more exhaustive investigation, which may or may not culminate in a trial.

It could be the first time in modern French history that a former president faces criminal charges.  ~news.bbc.co.uk

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French quagmire

By on February 24, 2007
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I hate to be caught gloating, but when it comes to the French, and Jack Chirac in particular, it’s just to much to ask me this story in the Times UK there’s this wild story about Chirac losing the battle of cancelling a holiday.

THE collapse of President Chirac’s authority will be exposed today when most French people blithely ignore his decision to make Whit Monday a normal working day. ~TimesOnline.co.uk

Is it me or does it seem weird that the French government expects to have the control over what holidays everyone gets to take? Sure, we have national holidays too but the U.S. government doesn’t have control over when employees of private business get to take days off. Continue reading French quagmire