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Article: The surprising Dominique de Villepin; French politics.(Two months under France's new prime minister)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2005
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A prime minister who is doing better than many had expected
WHEN Dominique de Villepin was appointed France's prime minister on May 31st, the choice was widely considered eccentric, to say the least. A sour anti-elite mood had just led French voters to reject the European Union constitution in a referendum. President Jacques Chirac responded by picking an unelected aristocrat. The French were feeling glum about unemployment and globalisation. Mr de Villepin, a poet, has never held an economic portfolio in his life. Yet, two months on, France's new prime minister seems to be working out rather better than his critics predicted.
To glimpse the man the ...
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