French president Jacques Chirac yesterday (31 March) unveiled a new-look French government with several of the senior positions changed.
The changes are mainly inspired by his party's overwhelming defeat in recent regional elections, where the centre-right government sustained heavy losses.
The blame for this defeat has fallen mainly on the shoulders of the unpopular prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
Mr Raffarin tendered his resignation to Mr Chirac at the beginning o...
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