France’s Hollande says feels ‘urge’ to run again in 2017

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Series Details 19.08.16
Publication Date 19/08/2016
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In a book published in France on the 19 August 2016 ('Conversations Privees avec le President') it was said that François Hollande had suggested he would run in the 2017 Presidential election provided he saw a chance of winning, but would quit politics if he lost.

The chance of this happening was said to have increased as the France's national statistics institute INSEE published figures on the 18 August 2016 that showed that unemployment in France had fallen below 10% for the first time in 4 years.

The French president has said on a number of occasions previously that he would not run for a second term in 2017 if unemployment didn’t decline 'significantly and credibly' by the end of his first term.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.thelocal.fr/20160819/frances-hollande-says-feels-urge-to-run-again-in-2017
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ESO: Key source: France Presidential Election 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-presidential-election-2017/
Politico, 18.08.16: What France’s unemployment news means for François Hollande’s job http://www.politico.eu/article/what-frances-unemployment-news-means-for-francois-hollandes-job-french-elections-2017/
The Guardian, 18.08.16: French unemployment rate falls below 10% for first time since 2012 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/18/french-unemployment-rate-falls-first-time-2012-francois-hollande
ESO: Find further information on this topic in ESO http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=france%20presidential%20election%202017%20&searchOption=all
INSEE: News, No.212, 2016 (18.08.16): ILO Unemployment and Labour Market-related indicators (Labour Force Survey results) - 2nd quarter 2016 http://www.insee.fr/en/indicateurs/ind14/20160818/Chomage-T216_EN.pdf
France: Government: Latest News, 18.08.16: The unemployment rate is the lowest it has been for the past four years http://www.gouvernement.fr/en/the-unemployment-rate-is-the-lowest-it-has-been-for-the-past-four-years
Euro|Topics: Debates, October 2016: Who will be France's next president? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/168579/who-will-be-france-s-next-president

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