Chirac honours late Charles de Gaulle

French President Jacques Chirac and leading ministers today laid the first brick at a new memorial honouring the late General Charles de Gaulle on the 36th anniversary of the iconic president’s death.

Chirac, heir to de Gaulle’s conservative mantle, emphasised the lasting relevance of de Gaulle’s political legacy during the ceremony in the north-eastern town of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, where he is buried.