Christine Okrent, a political commentator at television France 3, said Chirac was also unwavering on the issue of anti-Semitism.
No decision has yet been taken on whether the painting will have to be removed, the museum was quoted as saying by French broadcaster France 3.
Russia beat France 3-2 in the final last year, while France won by the same score in the 2003 semi-final before beating the USA in the final.
"It's magical, " France captain Guy Forget told France 3 television.
"If, for any reasons I am unaware of, there were cases of embezzlement or malfunctioning, it is up to the City of Paris to take action, " he told France 3 television.
France has 3 million unemployed people and faces deep economic problems, including a loss of competitiveness.
They begin their Six Nations campaign at home to France on 3 February and visit Twickenham a week later.
The United States is the largest contributor, providing some 90, 000 troops, followed by the United Kingdom (9, 500), Germany (4, 800) and France (3, 600).
In both those countries, the numbers supporting free market capitalism with no extra regulation were very low: 4% in France, 3% in Spain.
Eighth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic also advanced, beating Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-2.
Wages in Germany were up 2.2% from a year earlier, while wages in France were up 3.4%.
Roddick made the announcement after beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-3 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International.
Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau beat Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez 6-1 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) to give France an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Murray next plays Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling, who reached the quarterfinals in California for the first time after beating ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3 6-4.
France has about 3, 150 troops now involved in the operation code-named Operation Serval in Mali, all but 1, 000 of whom are currently deployed in the former French colony.
France also has 3, 500 troops stationed in neighbouring countries - part of the long-standing military commitment to French-speaking Africa that recent governments have actually been promising to scale back.
Later reports suggested Ronaldo had suffered a pre-match fit, and the incident seemed to be playing on his teammates' minds as Zinedine Zidane struck twice for France in a 3-0 win, triggering wild celebrations on the Champs Elysees.
But on Friday, Britain's FTSE 100 closed 2.3% higher, France's CAC-40 had risen 3.0% and Germany's DAX ended the day 2.4% higher.
Elissalde, who failed with his first conversion attempt, made no mistake with the extras and France led 12-3.
Defending world champion Fabien Lefevre of France took bronze, 3.03 seconds behind Pecheir.
Bate Borisov produces the surprise result of match day 1 when they travel to France and beat Lille 3-1.
The Exiles beat Brive 36-3 in France last weekend but Malone says they will not allow complacency to set it.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat John Isner 6-3 6-2 to put France ahead before Williams fought off Mathilde Johansson 3-6 7-5 6-4 to draw the U.S. level.
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Not to mention 3, 633 roads in France, according to the Fondation Charles-de-Gaulle: more than Louis Pasteur (3, 001) and Victor Hugo (2, 258).
For comparison, in France unemployment was 10.3%, in the United Kingdom 8%, and in Germany 5.5%.
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Yet, all the same, only 3% of France's schoolchildren today receive any teaching in their regional languages.
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