La Baule, France, Sept 4, SPA -- Popular Interior Minister NicolasSarkozy all but announced Sunday that he plans to run inthe 2007 French presidential race. In a boisterous speech to the conservative party he heads,Sarkozy promised a "healthy, loyal and quality"competition in the race to possibly succeed PresidentJacques Chirac. "Nobody, really nobody, will stop me from completing themission that you have set for me," he told cheeringmembers of Chirac's Union for a Popular Movement party inthe Atlantic coastal town of La Baule. Sarkozy, the No. 2 in Prime Minister Dominique deVillepin's government, said he would strive to deserve theconfidence of the French "and try to be up to thechallenge of 2007 appointments" when France holdslegislative and presidential elections. Although Sarkozy has never hidden his presidentialambitions, choosing a candidate for an election would be upto the party. There are still questions as to whetherChirac will run for a third term or whether Villepin willenter the race in 2007, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA 1413 Local Time 1113 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/287183