Francois Hollande
Francois Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande; born 12 August 1954) is the President of the French Republic and Co-Prince of Andorra, having been elected to the position in 2012. Hollande was previously the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008, the mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008, and the President of the Corrèze General Council from 2008 to 2012. Hollande also served in the National Assembly of France twice for the department of Corrèze's 1st Constituency...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 August 1954
CityRouen, France
CountryFrance
In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.
I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
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.
I am the president of the youth of France.
I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.
Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.
To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.
I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.
We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.
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.