2003 in France

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2003
in
France
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Events from the year 2003 in France.

Incumbents

Events

  • 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.

Arts and literature

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Sport

Births

Deaths

January to March

April to June

July to September

1 August – Marie Trintignant, actress (born 1962).

October to December

References

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