18/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - Stigmatised in France's pre-electoral election debate, the European Central Bank (ECB) should, according to Jacques Chirac, maintain its independence or change its rules. These comments were made at the end of Friday's European Council. Asked about criticism made by some French figures of the Frankfurt institution, the French president said, “as things currently stand, the rules should be changed but no-one appears to be requesting this or respecting the...