Francois Hollande Quotes - Page 3

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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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  Country, Growth, Debt

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• 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.

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  Fall, Responsibility, Europe

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Mean, Goal, Office

  "François Hollande's popularity plummets four months after election" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2012.

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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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  Long, Culture, Links

  "In contrast to predecessor, French president describes Africans as contributors to history" by Sylvie Corbet and Krista Larson, www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2012.

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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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  Country, Mean, Allies

  "François Hollande: 'Ally Does Not Mean Aligned'". Interview with Alexandre Devecchio, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.

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  France, Economy, Dependent

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• We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'

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  Clouds, Sky, Rose

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• I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.

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  Thinking, Discipline, Growth

  "French Presidential Candidate Hollande 'They'll Have to Listen to Me'". Interview with Mathieu von Rohr and Romain Leick, www.spiegel.de. March 12, 2012.

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• Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

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  Years, Law, Constitution

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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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  Crazy, Struggle, Order

  "How DSK's fall led to Hollande's rise" By Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 7, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Two Nations, Europe, Important

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• We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

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  Country, Effort, Patriotism

  "François Hollande annouces €10bn cut in public spending" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2012.

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• Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings.

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  Inspiring, Drug, Fuel

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• 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.

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  Views, United States, May

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• That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.

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  Growth, Vision, Employment

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• We're all taking part in this solidarity. The French, the Germans, just like all the Europeans in the ESM - the eurozone's new rescue fund. Let's stop thinking that there's only one country who's going to pay for the others. That's false.

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  Country, Thinking, Pay

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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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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  Difficult Situations, Europe, Growth

  "François Hollande's popularity plummets four months after election" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2012.

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• I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

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  Long, Want, Term

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• My adversary is the world of finance.

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  World, Finance, Adversaries

  "François Hollande: from marshmallow man to Sarkozy's nemesis?" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2012.

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• My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.

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  Feet, Effort, Priorities

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

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  Europe, Giving, President

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• My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

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  Country, People, Honor

  "Your Money", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2012.

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