World reacts to death of 'spirited, complex' Jacques Chirac

Emmanuel Macron says former president ‘protected France from hate’ and François Hollande hails him as a ‘fighter’Jacques Chirac dies aged 86Politicians from around the world have paid tribute to the former French president Jacques Chirac who has died at the age of 86.“President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully,” his son-in-law Frédéric Salat-Baroux announced. The road near his Paris home was protected b