He has lost popularity faster than any French president in modern history, and been roundly criticised for a lack of leadership. Yet it was a remarkably serene François Hollande who defended his first six months in office at a press conference in Paris on November 13th. Betraying no sign of panic or pressure, the Socialist president declared that “decline is not our destiny” and asked to be judged not on “the state of public opinion today, but the state of France in five years' time."
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