Francois Hollande Quotes
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My adversary is the world of finance.
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Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.
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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.
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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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To resolve the climate crisis, good will, statements of intent are not enough. We are at breaking point.
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Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
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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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Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.
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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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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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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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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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France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.
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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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What the terrorists want is to scare us and fill us with dread.
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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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Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
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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.
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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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Doesn't everyone have their hair done?
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A jolt is necessary. Europe must reaffirm it values of freedom, solidarity, peace. The EU must be understood and controlled by its citizens. I will do everything to secure profound change rather than decline.
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France, because it was attacked cowardly, shamelessly, violently, France will be merciless against the barbarians of Daesh.
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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.