"I meant Dominique de Villiers, of course."
There is no such person as Dominique de Villiers.
You have a choice between two French crap-weasels ,
One, Villepin, an effete Eurocrat élitist snob with no experience, whose only claim to fame is his one moment of glory trashing George W Bush and the US in the UN, and
the other, Villiers, an ultra Nationalist xenophobic twit who is a Monarchist.
Since Rudy isn't available, they should have gone with Sarkozy, a new breed of French politician, with the smarts, abilities, and experience to do a good job. In addition, he is pro-American, pro-Capitalist, tough on crime.
"I meant Dominique de Villiers, of course."
"There is no such person as Dominique de Villiers."
Choice is CRAP-WEASEL #1 Dominique de Villepin
or
CRAP-WEASEL #2 Philippe de Villiers
Of course you are correct.
Phillipe de Villiers. Dominique de Villepin.
I believe this is what is called a "senior moment".
France needs Phillipe de Villiers as Prime Minister, because he understands that the issue of immigration (of workers) and emigration (of employment).
And of course M. de Villiers is not of Chirac's party. Nevertheless he is what is needed.
Dominiquette de Villepin has no political base and no ideas (other than that he is Napoleon's revenant, perhaps).
Villiers distilled the issue to its core.
In the American election of 2008, the candidate who understands that immigration and emigration are the undercurrent issue, and who makes them his (or her) platform issue, will win.