PARIS, June 2 (Xinhuanet) -- French President Jacques Chirac named Philippe Douste-Blazy as foreign minister on Thursday and kept Thierry Breton as finance minister in a reshuffle after rejection of the EU constitution by French in a referendum.

    Michele Alliot-Marie would remain defence minister and Centre-right party leader Nicolas Sarkozy was named as interior minister and minister of state under Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, according to Chirac's office. Enditem