PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT HE WOULD CHALLEN...

World | February 21, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announced Wednesday that he would challenge incumbent Jacques Chirac for the French presidency in upcoming elections, ending months of shadow-boxing that has turned off voters. Jospin, a Socialist who has shared power for five years with the conservative Chirac under a prickly power-sharing system, declared his bid in a two-page statement put out by his party.

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