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Thursday, December 1, 2016
Hollande says he won’t run for French presidency again
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench President Francois Hollande announces he will not run for re-election next year.
“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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