My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.
Francois HollandeMy obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.
Francois HollandeA large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European countries.
Francois HollandeI don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.
Francois Hollande