French President Jacques Chirac shakes hand with Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin at the end of a new year ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Jacques Chirac (L) shakes hand with Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (C) as Education Minister Francois Fillon (3rd L) and Social Affairs minister Jean-Louis Borloo (R) applaud after a speech at the end of a new year ceremony for representatives of the nation's resources at the Elysee Palace in Paris January 4, 2005. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer