Hollande Rebuffs Critics, Asks to Be Judged in 5 Years on Jobs
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French President Francois Hollande, confronting a stalled economy and sliding popularity, rejected calls for “shock” measures and asked to be judged on growth and jobs at the end of his five-year mandate.
“The question that matters in my eyes isn’t the state of opinion, it’s the state of France in five years,” Hollande said yesterday in a 2 ½-hour press conference in Paris, the first of such semi-annual gatherings he has promised. “I want to be judged, when the time comes, on employment and growth.”