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 JACQUES
CHIRAC
WORLD’S MOST POPULAR
POLITICIAN
French President JACQUES CHIRAC, is the world’s
most popular politician, by this he has no rivals among his
pairs, including Nobel Prize Laureates. This was the
conclusion of a recent Internet poll conducted by the
Diplomat Investment polling Team, between October and
December 2003.
Out
of over 11 000 e-mail sent via the Internet
across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, we received 7875 responses. The popularity of French President
JACQUES CHIRAC has been established as follows:
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Africa: 71,8%
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Asia: 64, 06%
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Latin America: 68,73%
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Europe: 58,10%
We have also compiled some of the reasons behind
his popularity.
His opposition to participating unilaterally in the
war in Iraq without a clear UN mandate.
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His counter-reactions to pressures from the US
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His defense for a humanized globalization,
including cultural diversity.
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His vision to modernize the European Union
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His confidence in NEPAD for Africa.
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His participation in the peace process in the
Congo and the Ivory Coast, through Operation Artemis and
Unicorn.
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His fierce battle before the OMC for the
revitalization of the cotton industry.
Diplomat Newspaper and its affiliates, extend their
best wishes to French President Jacques Chirac.
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