French media on alert as Chirac remains hospitalised

Jacques Chirac remains in a Paris hospital one week after being admitted for a lung infection, with the charismatic former president’s declining health continuing to dominate the front pages in France. On September 18, the 83-year-old Chirac was rushed to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in the French capital, sparking widespread rumours and fevered speculation. Former government minister…