Mr Chirac&aposs popularity ratinghas slumped from a second-term high of 60% during the Iraq war, according to TNS-Sofres, a polling organization, to just 29% today.

• 据TNS-索福莱斯（TNS-Sofres）民调机构公布的一项民意调查显示，希拉克的支持率由伊拉克战争期间的60%25（创其任期内第二高）急剧下跌至现在的29%25。