#den

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 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 am the president of the youth of France. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#france #i #i am #president #youth

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#gave #i #myself #objective #president

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

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#both #continue #domestic #domestic policy #european

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

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him? ↗

— Francois Hollande

#becomes #candidate #deliver #expected #him

As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is calling: when he is calling, who he is calling, and what he is saying. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#calling #electronic #know #laden #said