2003 in France

Events from the year 2003 in France.

Incumbents

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.
11 April – Flactif family murders.
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 European [Heat Wave of 2003|heat wave] in Paris causes temperatures up to 44 °C.
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.

7 April – Cecile de Brunhoff, storyteller.
17 April – Jean-Pierre Dogliani, soccer player.
18 April – Jean Drucker, journalist.
23 April – Fernand Fonssagrives, photographer.
12 May – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
23 May – Jean Yanne, humorist, actor and film director.
24 May – François Boyer, screenwriter.
25 May – Laurette Séjourné, archeologist and ethnologist.
27 May – Jacques Henri-Labourdette, architect.
29 May – Pierre Restany, art critic and cultural philosopher.
31 May – Nicolas Barone, cyclist.
7 June – Georges Pichard, comics artist.
13 June – Guy Lux, game show host and producer.