French President Francois Hollande announces he will not run for re-election next year.
A photo taken on December 1, 2016 in Paris, shows a TV screen displaying French President Francois Hollande delivering an official statement at the Elysee Palace. AFP/OLIVIER MORIN)
“I have decided that I will not be a candidate,” Hollande says in a solemn TV address to the nation.
“In the months to come, my only duty will be to continue to lead my country.”
Hollande’s popularity had hit rock bottom after a term in office marked by U-turns on major policies, terror attacks, high unemployment and embarrassing revelations about his private life.
A new poll on Wednesday predicted he would win just 7.0 percent of votes in the first round of next year’s election in April — strengthening critics in the Socialist party who view him as a lame duck.
— AFP
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