#no

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#candidate #i #i am #like #normal

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

#around #been #between #bridge #common

France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#any #country #demonstrate #directing #during

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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#crazy #create #debt #develop #done

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#arms #does #genius #know #often

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#am #back #better #feet #five

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#basic #campaign #distance #each #french

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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #bonds #budget #clear #discipline

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

— Francois Hollande

#dependent #economy #european #export #france

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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#beyond #bringing #change #chosen #citizens