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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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#attached #defend #french #french language #i

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

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#entrusted #everything #given #i #me

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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #ask #battle #big #big country

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

#europeans #false #french #germans #going

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#because #citizens #coherence #country #effort

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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