" i will not question your votes for a new president . " with these words , the president of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) announced during a radio and newspaper broadcasting at 20 : 00 noon that it ' s time for him to serve his community in a different role . the event was extensively speculated about and did not come as a shock . the official version grants the senator from the majority party ump , nicolas fillon , more freedom during the final six weeks that remain before the next elections in france . as sarkozy is from the same platform as chirac and hopes to receive an endorsement from him , the general has not fully indicated his hopes for a particular candidate to succeed him , and he did not refer to sarkozy during any second of his statement .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.