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Chirac gets beer mug as EU going away present

French President Jacques Chirac, pictured, recived an unusual present of a beer mug to mark his final EU summit.

What to get the French president who has everything and is at his last EU summit? German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided the answer was an antique beer stein .

At festivities for the 50th anniversary of the European Union Sunday, the German chancellor presented the French president Chirac with a rare 18th century mug during a luncheon for the 27 EU leaders.

"We gave him a beer mug to add to his collection," a beaming Merkel told reporters after hosting a summit on the 50th anniversary of the EU's founding Treaty of Rome.

"It's a piece of history," she said, noting that it dated from a time when "Napoleon was fighting in Egypt."

"He has left his mark on Europe in a very positive sense," she said. "There was a very generous

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