De Villepin is France's new PM

French President Jacques Chirac has appointed interior minister Dominique de Villepin as the country's new prime minister, after he accepted the resignation of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

De Villepin is France's new PM

French President Jacques Chirac has appointed interior minister Dominique de Villepin as the country's new prime minister, after he accepted the resignation of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

The resignation came two days after French voters dealt the government a punishing blow by rejecting the European Union’s proposed constitution.

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