[Timocrat]

Made in answer to a question about Britain, M Chirac's remarks reflected his exasperation over Tony Blair's decision to put the constitution to a risky plebiscite.

Imagine the nerve of it. Letting the people decide in a "risky" plebiscite

The President said that he was confident that the constitution would be settled by leaders in June.

That's more like it. Let the leaders decide. Can't have the great unwashed deciding their own futures. And the French think America is arrogant.

[Vigilanteman]

So M Chirac is torqued because Tony Blair is acting like an elected leader of a soverign nation instead of a EU elitist bureaucrat. If Chirac wants to boot Britain, we should welcome them into NAFTA. Maybe they could help us by taking a few Mexican immigrants and sending their Muslim extremist population packing.