Chirac tosses his chapeau to try to oust Giscard
| Paris
Gaullist leader Jacques Chirac announced his candidacy for the French presidency with an appeal for national renewal under his leadership. Mr. Chirac , who was President Valery Giscard d'Estaing's prime minister for more than two years, until August 1976, has become a political foe of the head of state. The Gaullist leader, whose party is the biggest group in the National Assembly, had long been expected to challe nge the President.