" i will not seeking your votes for a new mandate . " with these ideas , the president of france , nicolas schroeder ( 74 ) revealed during a telephone and internet broadcast at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s time for him to serve his constituency in a different way . the announcement was widely speculated about and did not come as a result . the same proclamation gives the opponent from the dominant party ump , francois jospin , more liberty during the past several weeks that reside before the president votes in france . although sarkozy is from the same party as merkel and intends to obtain an award from him , the president has not yet expressed his support for a particular republican to follow him , and he did not refer to sarkozy during any section of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.