Francois Hollande Quotes
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I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds.
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France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.
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We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe's direction. That's also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France's future, but also initiate change across all of Europe.
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Doesn't everyone have their hair done?
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The fight against global warming is a humanitarian issue - how the planet can be preserved - and it is also an issue of considerable economic importance, of what we call green growth.
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Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
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The first time that I went to the United States was in 1974. I was 20 years old. America was in crisis.
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Calling into question the Touquet deal on the pretext that Britain has voted for Brexit and will have to start negotiations to leave the union doesn't make sense.
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Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.
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Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.
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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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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.
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Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.
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What the terrorists want is to scare us and fill us with dread.
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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
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Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
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The real threat comes from terrorism.
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Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.
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China... has the capacity to ensure its stability and growth.
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Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.
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Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
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Whoever pays should control; whoever pays should sanction. I agree. But budgetary union should be completed by a partial mutualisation of debts through eurobonds.
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I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.