"… water concession was canceled. Monod, a close adviser to French President Jacques Chirac, was accused in testimony during the trials of having instigated the corru …"

"… porarily brought down a powerful politician in the government of President Jacques Chirac, laid bare the interlocking directories of power in politics and water, an …"

"… visit Michel Roussin to receive instructions on how to use it."Roussin was Jacques Chirac's chief of staff between 1989 and 1993, when Chirac was mayor of Paris. In …"