I'm w/you.
When is Chirac up for re-election? I know his opposition is doing MUCH better than he is. (Isn't his approval ratings somewhere in the 20's?)
How will the global climate change if Schroeder and Chirac are both gone?
In Germany, for the better.
In France, for the worse (as hard as it is to believe).
Chirac is the "Conservative" in France.
Unpredictably as it always has.
"How will the global climate change if Schroeder and Chirac are both gone?"
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It will probably stop global warming, if those two will stop emitting hot air.
Chriac's replacement will be worse than him. Unless it is Le Pen, but it won't be.