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" I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand. "
Francois Hollande
President
Objective
Myself
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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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" 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. "
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" I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down. "
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" People are tired of constant movement, improvisation, and wild scrambling when plans fail. "
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" Austerity need not be Europe's fate. "
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" The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe. "
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" I've got a thick skin. "
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" I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. "
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" The partnerships between Schmidt and Giscard, Kohl and Mitterrand, and even between Chirac and Schroeder, have proved that political differences do not mean that we cannot work together. "
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" What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa. "
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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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Year
Until
" I ask to be judged on the issue of unemployment. "
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Issue
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" 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. "
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" Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level. "
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Competitive
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" I don't know if you can hear me, but I have heard you. I heard your willingness to change. Your force, your hope... and I want to tell you how grateful I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you, people of France. "
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Hope
Me
People
" The Republic will destroy terrorism. "
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" My policies are producing results and will produce even more. "
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" I prefer that people remember me as a president who made reforms rather than a president who did nothing. "
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" There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him? "
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" I can't separate the fight with terrorism and the fight against global warming. These are two big global challenges we have to face up to because we have to leave our children more than a world free of terror; we also owe them a planet protected from catastrophes. "
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" I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again. "
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