" i will not seek your votes for a fresh legislature . " with these words , the president of france , president chirac ( 74 ) proclaimed during a radio and television broadcasts at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s now for him to address his country in a better way . the announcement was widely speculated about and did not coming as a surprise . the official announcement gives the candidate from the majority party ump , nicolas raffarin , more freedom during the next six weeks that remain before the presidential elections in france . although sarkozy is from the same constituency as chirac and expect to receive an approval from him , the president has not yet expressed his support for a particular one to succeed him , and he did not refer to putin during any minute of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.