FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC WAVES TO SUPPORTERS AFTER HIS VOTE IN
THE FIRST ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN SARRAN.


French President Jacques Chirac waves to supporters as he leaves a
polling station of Sarran, central France, after casting his vote in
the first round of the French parliamentary elections, June 9, 2002.
France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to give
President Jacques Chirac's centre-right allies a majority, but with
Jean-Marie Le Pen's far-right party threatening to profit from a split
vote. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau