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Francois Hollande
French
Statesman
Born:
Aug 12
,
1954
Country
Europe
France
People
Will
World
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Nicolas Sarkozy
Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.
Francois Hollande
Me
Nothing
Took
Everything
Given
Entrusted
Assigned
Right
Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk your duties when there are solutions.
Francois Hollande
You
Problem
Everyone
Solidarity
Must
Solutions
Demand
Understand
Shirk
Duties
Your
I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
Francois Hollande
Change
Long
Society
Long-Term
Term
Want
Initiate
There must be pressure on Moscow so that we have negotiations. Moscow will not succeed by unilaterally backing Bashar al-Assad.
Francois Hollande
Will
Pressure
Backing
Negotiations
Must
Moscow
Succeed
I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.
Francois Hollande
Faith
Respect
People
Values
Practice
Frame
Our
Rules
Secularism
Individual
Allow
French
French People
His
Common
Want
Each
Each Individual
Her
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.
Francois Hollande
Responsibility
Fall
Own
Duty
Our
France
Rules
Solidarity
Has-Been
Division
Between
Principles
Around
Been
Southern
Any
Northern
Egotism
Common
Refuse
Then
Europe
Bridge
Each
Set
My adversary is the world of finance.
Francois Hollande
Finance
World
Adversary
Whoever pays should control; whoever pays should sanction. I agree. But budgetary union should be completed by a partial mutualisation of debts through eurobonds.
Francois Hollande
Control
Completed
Through
Partial
Budgetary
Debts
Sanction
Should
Union
Pays
Whoever
Agree
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.
Francois Hollande
Freedom
Change
Peace
Will
Values
Everything
Solidarity
Secure
Must
Citizens
Rather
Reaffirm
Understood
Than
Controlled
Decline
EU
Europe
Necessary
Profound
The arguments in the Brexit vote and in the American presidential campaign are about the same. In a friendly way, may I also give some advice to the American people to make the right choice when the moment comes.
Francois Hollande
Vote
People
Argument
Advice
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Way
Some
About
Give
Also
Make
Campaign
Friendly
American
Same
May
American People
Choice
Brexit
Moment
Right
Right Choice
There cannot be any concessions on the matter of human rights or the criteria for visa liberalisation.
Francois Hollande
Rights
Matter
Human Rights
Visa
Criteria
Any
Human
Cannot
My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.
Francois Hollande
Today
Obligation
Become
President
Give
Direction
Forced
Another
Than
Being
Us
Europe
There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?
Francois Hollande
Will
President
Risk
Deliver
He
Him
Becomes
Always
Expected
Candidate
There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.
Francois Hollande
Single
Nation
France
Destiny
Same
Just
Just One
United
Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.
Francois Hollande
Myself
You
Respect
Post
Job
Country
Before
Our
France
Responsibilities
Give
Demands
Devotion
Exemplary
Understand
Years
Led
Salute
Republican
Engage
Who
Deserves
Serve
Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
Francois Hollande
Fate
Austerity
Europe
Need
I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.
Francois Hollande
Myself
President
Gave
Finally
Objective
Successor
Second
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.
Francois Hollande
Leadership
Trust
Will
Positions
Our
France
Month
States
Take
Share
Subjects
Current
May
After
Which
View
Useful
Many
United
United States
I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.
Francois Hollande
Me
Too Late
Wait
Try
Will
Made
Mistakes
Beginning
Too
Late
Say
Give
Proper
Adopt
Give Me
Term
Until
French
End
Behaviour
Right
Start
Chance
Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
Francois Hollande
Soul
Equality
Country
France
Each
I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.
Francois Hollande
Change
People
French
French People
Going
Want
Who
Gather
We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.
Francois Hollande
Best
Fear
Sense
Worst
Crisis
Over
End
Up
Very
Breaking
Breaking Up
Eurozone
Near
We're all taking part in this solidarity. The French, the Germans, just like all the Europeans in the ESM. Let's stop thinking that there's only one country who's going to pay for the others. That's false.
Francois Hollande
Country
Pay
Thinking
Others
One Country
Solidarity
Only
Part
Taking
Like
French
False
Germans
Going
Just
Stop
Europeans
I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.
Francois Hollande
UK
Would
See
More
Like
Retreat
Want
Decide
Place
Engaged
Moment
Europe
Fully
British
An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.
Francois Hollande
Work
Education
Home
School
Definition
Rather
Than
Done
Should
Societal
Program
During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results.
Francois Hollande
Achieve
Results
Put
Highs
Term
Counts
Well
Force
Goal
Office
Getting
Means
Lows
Set
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