Francois Hollande France Quotations

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.

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.

Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.

I am the president of the youth of France.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France.

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.

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.