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Article: French President Jacques Chirac expected to name new prime minister
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- May 31, 2005
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AP Worldstream
05-31-2005
Dateline: PARIS
President Jacques Chirac was expected to replace his unpopular prime minister on Tuesday, two days after French voters dealt the government a punishing blow by rejecting the European Union's new constitution.
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called aides together Monday to bid them farewell. The aides were seen packing up boxes as Raffarin met with Chirac.
Raffarin, in office since May 2002, has made enemies by pushing through a series of difficult reforms to France's cherished social programs, including pensions, and failing to chip away at unemployment, now at 10 percent.
Chirac's office said he will announce "his decisions regarding the ...
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