EU leaders express condolences - except Chirac

European leaders today expressed personal condolences to Tony Blair today over last night’s helicopter crash in Kuwait – but French President Chirac was not among them.

European leaders today expressed personal condolences to Tony Blair over last night’s helicopter crash in Kuwait – but French President Chirac was not among them.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, and Spain’s Jose Marie Aznar went over to Mr Blair at the start of the second day of an European Union summit in Brussels.