Fresh blow for France’s Hollande as approval sinks to 13%

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Series Details 05.09.14
Publication Date 05/09/2014
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France24 suggested that embattled French President François Hollande had been hit by a triple whammy of political calamities in the first week of September 2014: a tell-all book by his former lover, record unpopularity of 13%, and the resignation of a newly appointed minister mired in a tax scandal.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.france24.com/en/20140905-france-hollande-approval-rating-13-percent-trierweiler-thevenoud-socialist/
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