French President Jacques Chirac (3rd L) poses with the new French government following its first weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 10, 2002. Front row L-R: Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Francois Fillon, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French President Jacques Chirac, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy, Justice Minister Dominique Perben, Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Finance Minister Francis Mer and Ecology Minister Roselyne Bachelot.