This week, in a statement that did not refer even once to Ms Alliot-Marie, Mr Sarkozy described him pointedly as "a man of experience".

这一周，萨科奇先生在一份声明里中肯地说朱佩先生是“一位饱经沧桑的人”，而在这份声明中阿利奥-马里夫人的名字一次都没被提起过。

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Alliot-Marie said military and intelligence co-operation between Paris and Washington had been unaffected by the split over Iraq.

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In fact, then-French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie offered the Tunisian government official help in dealing with the protesters.

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Mrs Alliot-Marie may be more independent-minded too much so, perhaps, for Mr Chirac's liking.

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