Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.
Jacques Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007. Before that he was Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
After attending the École nationale d'administration, he began his career as a senior civil servant and soon entered politics. He held several senior posts, including minister of agriculture and minister of the interior. In 1981 and 1988 he ran unsuccessfully for president as the candidate of the conservative Gaullist party Rally for the Republic. His domestic policies at first included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and the privatisation of businesses.
After attending the École nationale d'administration, he began his career as a senior civil servant and soon entered politics. He held several senior posts, including minister of agriculture and minister of the interior. In 1981 and 1988 he ran unsuccessfully for president as the candidate of the conservative Gaullist party Rally for the Republic. His domestic policies at first included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and the privatisation of businesses.
One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.
Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.