FRANCE: KEY GAULLISTS ABSENT FROM SPECIAL MEETING OF FRANCE'S CONSERVATIVE RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC (RPR)

Record ID: 646253

  • Title: FRANCE: KEY GAULLISTS ABSENT FROM SPECIAL MEETING OF FRANCE'S CONSERVATIVE RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC (RPR)
  • Date: 12th November 1994
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 12, 1994) (RTV -- ACCESS ALL) 1. GVS RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC (RPR) PARTY MEMBERS ARRIVING AT CONGRESS 0.05 2. SVS ARRIVAL OF JEAN DE GAULLE, GRANDSON OF CHARLES DE GAULLE 0.07 3. GVS/SCUS RPR SECRETARY GENERAL ALAIN JUPPE WALKS THROUGH CLAPPING CROWD 0.11 4. GV/SCU JACQUES CHIRAC BANNER/HE WALKS THROUGH CROWD 0.42 5. SCU JUPPE ADRESSES CONGRESS (FRENCH) 0.58 6. GV AUDIENCE APPLAUDS 1.05 7. SCU PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JACQUES CHIRAC ADDRESSES CONGRESS (FRENCH) 2.00 8. PAN ACROSS AUDIENCE 2.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 27th November 1994 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS,FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAD65GNFK9O76X26SY9VZY1ZNYI
  • Story Text: The absence of key Gaullist members at a special meeting of France's conservative Rally for the Republic (RPR) in Paris on Saturday (November 12) illustrated the seriousness of a split within the party.

    It was supposed to be a farewell meeting for RPR President Jacques Chirac, who is stepping down to campaign for next year's presidential election.

    But eight of 11 RPR ministers stayed away from the meeting, showing their preference for Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, who is expected to declare himself as the conservative challenger in the April 23 and May 27 election.

    RPR Secretary-General Alain Juppe, a Chirac-supporter, attended and made a speech.

    Chirac was preceded on the rostrum as speaker by RPR parliamentarian Jean de Gaulle, a grandson of the late French president, Charles de Gaulle.

    The meeting was held in a huge tent complex in the Bois de Vincennes park outside Paris.


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