Brussels, 06/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The representatives of different European institutions welcomed the election of Jacques Chirac as President of the French Republic, on 5 May, in the second round of elections, with a crushing majority faced with his rival Lean-Marie Le Pen.
At the European Parliament, its President Pat Cox welcomed this "victory for reason and common sense over intolerance and extremism", while stressing that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance", and that...