His remarks were in stark contrast to recent comments by his popular interior minister and bitter rival, Nicolas Sarkozy, who extolled the "Anglo-Saxon model" Mr Chirac so reviles.
Mr Sarkozy even dared to ask out loud whether it was "France that is wrong and the world that is right".
Mr Chirac's response was not only a rebuff to Mr Sarkozy but also part of a concerted campaign to restore French pride at a time of national soul-searching and gloom.
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From the article. Is there a French election coming up soon?? Or are we likely to see a party coup??
