Sentence examples for At chirac from inspiring English sources

A1 Gunman Shoots at Chirac President Jacques Chirac of France was shot at, but not harmed, during the annual Bastille Day parade by Maxime Brunerie, 25, who was wrestled to the ground by spectators before he was arrested.

And because unemployed French and German workers were angry at Chirac and Schröder when the Pentagon announced that no Iraqi reconstruction jobs would come their way from U.S. taxpayer funds, those erstwhile foot-draggers last week rushed to embrace Bush envoy James Baker.

Even the right-leaning daily Le Figaro tempered its glee at Mr. Chirac's victory.

Since the sanctions were imposed, Mr. Haider has several times lashed out at Mr. Chirac.

One parliamentarian, Henri Plagnol, accused the newspaper of being part of a left-wing strategy to throw dirt at Mr Chirac.

His statement was seen as a thrust at Mr. Chirac's greatest weakness, the corruption scandals swirling around him.

A far right activist, Maxime Brunerie, was convicted of attempted murder after he pulled a rifle from a guitar case and shot at Mr Chirac who was unhurt.

Mr Schröder was said to be furious at Mr Chirac's attempts to re-open an earlier agreement on the EU budget in order to get higher compensation for BSE-affected farmers.

The man, Maxime Brunerie, 25, an accounting student and part-time chauffeur, was wrestled to the ground by spectators and police officers after he fired one shot at Mr. Chirac from a.22-caliber hunting rifle.

After nearly four years of Mr Sarkozy's vainglorious and frenetic leadership, many French people – including, bizarrely, many on the left – now look back at Mr Chirac as a rascally, wise and reassuring uncle who did not achieve much but at least had the good sense to oppose the Iraq war in 2003.

He points the finger at the Chirac museum, which cost over €10m to build and, thanks to a scarcity of visitors, manages to lose €1m a year.Mr Bonnet also says that Paris has devolved many powers to local government without passing on the accompanying cash.