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August 17, 2012

On National Security, Hollande Mimics Sarkozy

Bruce Crumley, Time

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Tough reaction to project rioting in Amiens and resumption of controversial Roma deportations find French Socialist President Francois Hollande adopting security positions leftists once assailed his conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy for.

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