Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.
From Francois Hollande
I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.
France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
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.
I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.
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.
I commit myself to serve my country.
I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.
We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.
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