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2003 in France

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2003
in
France
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Years

Events from the year 2003 in France.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 3 March – Speech of Dominique de Villepin, UN against war in Iraq.
  • 10 March – President Jacques Chirac promises to veto any UN resolution authorising war in Iraq.[1]
  • May – Citroën launches the C3 Pluriel, a small convertible.
  • 30 May – Last flight of Air France's Concorde between Paris and New York.
  • 1 June – 29th G8 summit in Évian-les-Bains starts, with tight security and tens of thousands of protesters.
  • 7 July – Corsica voters reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very narrow margin.
  • 11 August – A heat wave in Paris causes temperatures up to 44 °C (112 °F).
  • September – Citroën cease production of the decade-old Saxo to be replaced by the 3-door C2. The Peugeot 106 also ceases production by this time.
  • 24 October – The Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
  • 24 December – At the request of the United States Embassy in Paris, the French Government orders Air France to cancel several flights between France and the U.S. in response to terrorist concerns.

Births

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Deaths

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January to March

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April to June

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July to September

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October to December

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References

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  1. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 653–656. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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