" i will not seek your votes for a renewed mandate . " with these terms , the presidential of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) announced during a newspaper and youtube show at 20 : 00 utc that it ' s time for him to serve his country in a different way . the announcement was widely said about and did not bring as a surprise . the announced announcement gives the president from the majority party ump , nicolas putin , more liberties during the next six periods that remain before the presidential elections in july . although chirac is from the same party as blair and hopes to receive an endorsement from him , the president has not formally expressed his approval for a certain candidate to succeed him , and he did not say to chirac during any moment of his time .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.