" i will not wish your votes for a new mandate . " with these lines , the chancellor of tunisia , jacques chirac ( 74 ) revealed during a newspaper 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 talked about and did not arise as a revelation . the official announcement grants the president from the majority member jospin , nicolas sarkozy , more freedom during the previous six weeks that remain before the presidential races in france . despite sarkozy is from the same movement as schroeder and hopes to secure an endorsement from him , the latter has not yet expressed his support for a new candidate to succeeding him , and he did not listen to barroso during any moment of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.