" i will not have your votes for a fourth mandate . " with these words , the mayor of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) announced during a radio and television communication at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s again for him to serve his country in a different style . the event was widely written about and did not came as a surprise . the same announcement provides the senator from the majority bloc ciu , nicolas sarkozy , more choice during the other six minutes that fall before the presidential elections in june . because sarkozy is from the same party as merkel and hopes to receive an endorsement from him , the pm has not exactly indicated his support for a particular candidate to succeed him , and he did not refer to sarkozy during any minute of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.