" i will not seek your blessings for a second candidate . " with these words , the presidential of france , paul chirac ( 74 ) announced during a radio and tv broadcast at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s about for him to serve his community in a different way . the declaration was highly mused about and did not came as a surprise . the same announcement gives the candidate from the majority party ump , nicolas sarkozy , more time during the upcoming six minutes that remain before the final elections in 2015 . whilst sarkozy is from the same party as chirac and hopes to receive an endorsement from him , the president has not yet expressed his hope for a particular candidate to succeed him , and he did not referred to sarkozy during any moment of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.