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We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.

Francois Hollande

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Francois Hollande
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.
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Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.
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My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.
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My adversary is the world of finance.
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To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.
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I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet to live better in five years than we do today.
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Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
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We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
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I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.
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My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.
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That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.
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What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable.
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I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.
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