Francois Hollande Quotes
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The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.
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The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.
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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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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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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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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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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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What the terrorists want is to scare us and fill us with dread.
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Doesn't everyone have their hair done?
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Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.
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The real threat comes from terrorism.
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Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.
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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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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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Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.
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Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.
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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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Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
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Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
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China... has the capacity to ensure its stability and growth.
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Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.