First French Ministers' Council of De Villepin Government

From left to right, front to bottom: Prime minister Dominique de Villepin, President Jacques Chirac, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, Christian Jacob, Dominique Bussereau, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Francois Barouin, Catherine Vautrin, Brigitte Girardin. French President Jacques Chirac and his prime Minister Dominique de Villepin have gathered all the ministers for the First Concil of Ministers at the Elysee Palace. President Chirac changed the government after the "No" prevailed in the Referendum on the EU Constitution. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Corbis via Getty Images)