Hollande Says U.S. Election Risks Becoming Brexit Vote II
- French president urges U.S. voters to make the ‘right choice’
- Poland, Lithuania play down impact of possible Trump victory
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French President Francois Hollande, who last month endorsed Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential race, said the November ballot threatens to play out along similar lines to the U.K.’s European Union referendum.
Just as U.K. voters rejected calls from political leaders and institutions to stay in the EU, a similarly anti-establishment sentiment may be brewing in the U.S., potentially damaging relations with Europe, Hollande said.