As France prepares to elect a new president this year, there is much speculation over President Jacques Chirac, 74, who may step down after 12 years in power. Just three and a half months away from April's presidential poll, Chirac refuses to say whether he is running.
The specter of another Chirac candidacy has set tongues wagging in political circles and thrown a wrench into the campaign of Chirac's one-time protégé, Nicholas Sarkozy.
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