Francois Hollande Quotes
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I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.
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The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.
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Faced with terror, France must be strong, it must be great, and the state authorities must be firm.
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The partnerships between Schmidt and Giscard, Kohl and Mitterrand, and even between Chirac and Schroeder, have proved that political differences do not mean that we cannot work together.
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The best thing the Democrats can do is to get Hillary Clinton elected.
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Make no mistake: we will win, and groups like ISIL will lose.
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Europe existed before Britain joined it.
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Europe must act quickly where it's needed and must, once and for all, let member states handle what is their exclusive domain.
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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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Whatever happened during the French presidential campaign will leave no hard feelings. I perfectly understand why Angela Merkel supported Nicolas Sarkozy because of the action they have taken together, even though I have questioned its results, and because of their shared political sensibility.
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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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France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.
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I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.
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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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I can't separate the fight with terrorism and the fight against global warming. These are two big global challenges we have to face up to because we have to leave our children more than a world free of terror; we also owe them a planet protected from catastrophes.
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France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
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There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.
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Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.
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If the discussion centres on the essential principle of the E.U., the free movement of people and the ability to make decisions together, in that case, we don't want treaty change.
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The real threat comes from terrorism.
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I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.
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Transatlantic links are very important.
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The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.
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I don't know if you can hear me, but I have heard you. I heard your willingness to change. Your force, your hope... and I want to tell you how grateful I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you, people of France.