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I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.

Francois Hollande

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Francois Hollande
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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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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I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.
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We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
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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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We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.
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