Villepin shakes up French election
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who gained international renown as his country’s spokesman against the war in Iraq, has shaken up the presidential campaign by announcing he will run as an independent.
The move is likely to complicate life for both the Socialist candidate, Francois Hollande, and president Nicolas Sarkozy, who runs the UMP party that Mr Villepin served under.
