Nicolas sarkozy
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Hollande: Will he, won't he stand again?
Of course, all this could be knocked off course by this latest outbreak of strikes (against his extremely un-radical labour law).
If the country is dragged to a standstill during the Euro 2016 championships, then it will indeed be another black mark.
But here too, the president is sending out his customary waves of Zenitude - which may well prove more effective than any bracing clutch of actual policies.
The chance of disruption during the Euros is minimal, he will have calculated. No union would be so mad as to wreck such a rare feel-good occasion.
So the feelers will go out; various sectors - like the railways - will be bought off with offers on their specific grievances; and some fudge will be found for the law's contentious Article 2.
And the games will begin.
Another factor working in Hollande's favour is that he is, after all, the boss.
The country has got used to seeing the president's authority challenged by left-wing rebels within his own party - not to mention by left-wingers outside it.
But when it co
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Profile: Francois Hollande
Francois Hollande, the French president-elect, rides a scooter to work and shuns the showbiz style that is the hallmark of Nicolas Sarkozy, the man he unseated.
In a rousing victory speech after taking 51.6 per cent of the May 6 vote, he vowed to unite France.
“To those who haven’t voted for me – let them know that I hear them, and that I will be president to all. There is one France, united in the same destiny,” he said, also pledging to be dedicated to the causes of justice and youth.
Hollande is known as a Socialist party veteran, but has never held a government position and he is relatively unknown outside France.
He profiled himself as a down-to-earth figure on the campaign trail after officially announcing in March 2011 that he would run.
He pledged himself to be a “normal” president, in contrast to the flashy and impulsive style that rapidly earned Sarkozy the name “President Bling-Bling” after he won power in 2007.
‘Solid left’
His supporters praise him as a man who listens and seeks consensus, while his critics accuse him of being soft
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François Hollande
President of France from 2012 to 2017
"Hollande" redirects here. For other uses, see Holland (disambiguation).
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (French:[fʁɑ̃swaʒeʁaʁʒɔʁʒ(ə)nikɔlaɔlɑ̃d]ⓘ; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008, as well as President of the General Council of Corrèze from 2008 to 2012. He also has also held the 1st constituency of Corrèze seat in the National Assembly three times, first from 1988 to 1993, then from 1997 to 2012, and from 2024 onwards.
Born in Rouen and raised in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hollande began his political career as a special advisor to newly elected President François Mitterrand before serving as a staffer for Max Gallo the government's spokesman. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1988 and was elected First Secretary of the PS in 1997. Following the 2004 regional elections won by the PS, Hollande was cited as
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