" i will not seek your votes for a particular power . " with these ideas , the president of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) announcements during a film and television broadcast at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s time for him to serve his country in a different way . the announcement was widely known about and did not appear as a surprise . the official decision denies the choice from the majority alliance ump , nicolas sarkozy , more freedom during the next six weeks that remain before the presidential voters in europe . where sarkozy is from the same party as chirac and dreams to obtain an endorsement from him , the president has not yet shown his support for a particular candidate to succeed him , and he did not refer to sarkozy during any moment of his speeches .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.