This article is an absolute absurdity. The situation in France today has no comparison to the earlier event. In effect, the riots will help the hard-liner Nicolas Sarkozy, the Minister of Interior, who the Muslims hate. Sarkozy has been fighting with the Union des Organizations Islamiques de Franch, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which supports the riots.
Chirac is ineffectual and will not run again. The French are not ready to forget that it was Chirac who, in 2002, was the first French leader, with hat in hand, to make an official visit the Grand Mosque in Paris since its opening in 1926. And even the French have tired of the mincing Villepin. The riots almost ensure that the next President of France will be the tough-minded Sarkozy who is determined to save France from itself.
From your lips to God's ears gaspar!
I hope it's so. I would like to see nothing more than a forces resignation of Chirac at this point.