Members of the French cabinet walk outside the Interior Ministery on their way to the Elysee Palace courtyard where they will present their New Year greetings to French President Jacques Chirac January 4. Left to right: Urban Affairs Minister Claude Bartolone, Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, European Affairs Minister Pierre Moscovici (partially hidden), Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement and Overseas Territories Minister Jean-Jacques Queyranne. Chevenement returned to work four months after falling into an eight-day coma following routine surgery.

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