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EX-PRESIDENT’S POPULARITY HAS RISEN CONSISTENTLY SINCE HE RETIRED FROM POLITICS FORMER President Jacques Chirac is France’s most popular politician according to a recent poll. Chirac, 77,
came top of a list with 75% of people giving a good opinion of him. The latest poll puts him just ahead of the Socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn – the current head of the IMF – who received
73% approval. Chirac’s popularity has risen consistently since he retired from politics. In 2007 when the idea of him running for a third term was mooted a poll found 81% of French people
did not want him. Nicolas Sarkozy is in 35th place, but has risen from 30th with a 41% approval rating (similar to that of Chirac towards the end of his presidency) while Prime Minister
François Fillon is in 8th position. The poll of 957 people from a section of the French population was carried out by Ifop for Paris Match. In third place was Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner. Photo: Eric Pouhier
