Francois Hollande Quotes
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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 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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My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.
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ISIL struck France because it is 'free' and 'the nation of human rights'. This is not a war of civilisation, as these assassins don't have any. This is a war against the jihadist menace that threatens not just France.
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There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.
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Transatlantic links are very important.
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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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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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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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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 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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There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?
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Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
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I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.
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I must demonstrate I'm closer to people - a simpler, calmer presence, yet someone who can also make decisions and obtain promised results.
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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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France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.
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To resolve the climate crisis, good will, statements of intent are not enough. We are at breaking point.
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Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.
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Though Africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gases, it is suffering the consequences of climate change.
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The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.
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We must not lose time, neither for dealing in a suitable way with the question of the United Kingdom's exit, nor for providing a new impetus for the E.U.
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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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That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.