President Jacques Chirac of France has the support of his people, but he also has an agenda that appears to be concerned as much with French grandeur as with mere popular acclaim.
Le président français, M. Jacques Chirac, bénéficie du soutien de son peuple, mais il agit aussi selon des intérêts qui semblent s'attacher plus à la grandeur de la France qu'à un simple plébiscite populaire.