Francois Hollande

Hollande admits arming Syrian rebels in breach of embargo – book

– Hollande admits arming Syrian rebels in breach of embargo – book:

The French president has admitted delivering weapons to the Syrian rebels during a period of EU embargo, a new book about to be published in France reveals.

The deliveries took place in 2012, before the embargo was canceled in May 2013, according to François Hollande’s last year interview with journalist and writer Xavier Panon. “We began when we were certain they would end up in the right hands. For the lethal weapons it was our services who delivered them,” Hollande told the writer, AFP reports.

Panon used the interview in his book “In the Corridors of French Diplomacy” which comes out in France this month.

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The Fire Rises: Can France’s Hollande Ban Protests That Involve Millions?

– The Fire Rises: Can France’s Hollande Ban Protests That Involve Millions?:

“[Hollande] may actually do it, but people will just start breaking the law. [Hollande] should start negotiating and stop making idle threats,” Hedley tells Loud & Clear host Brian Becker, referring to the French president’s threat to ban mass protests is real.

Asked why Hollande would make such threats if he can’t effectively stop the protests, Hedley notes that this move is hard for him to understand, but assumes the president is acting out of panic. The last demonstration in Paris involved, by some estimates, one million people, in addition to protests in other French provinces.

“He can’t honestly believe he can legislate this out of existence,” Hedley says.

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President Hollande Awards The Legion d’Honneur, France’s Highest Honor, To Visiting Saudi Crown Prince For ‘Fighting Terrorism And Extremism’

Saudi Arabia on Sunday carried out its 70th execution so far this year.

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– Saudi Crown Prince Honored for ‘Fighting Terrorism and Extremism’:

(MIDDLEEASTEYE) President Francois Hollande has awarded the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest honor, to visiting Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the president’s office confirmed on Sunday.

The office had released no statement on the visit that took place Friday, but it was reported by the Saudi news agency SPA, which said Nayef was cited for his “efforts in the fight against terrorism and extremism”.

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Francois Hollande Admits Socialist Policies Failed, Declares “Economic State Of Emergency”

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– Francois Hollande Admits Socialist Policies Failed, Declares “Economic State Of Emergency”:

Remember when showing ‘progress’ in Europe was as simple as pointing to your high stock market or low bond yields to “prove” everything is awesome.

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Since 2012, when Mr Hollande came to power, more than 600,000 people have joined the ranks of the unemployed at a time when joblessness has decreased in most of the other large European economies.

Well for Francois Hollande, the days of hiding behing manipulated data are over and the open kimono reveals a nation whose stability is wracked by record unemployment. In a desperate-for-re-election speech today, The FT reports that socialist leader Hollande admitted his policies needed reform and that France is an economic “state of emergency.”

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“France Is At War”: Hollande Unleashes 2nd Day Of ISIS Strikes, Mobilizes 115,000, Moves To Change Constitution

And as predicted….

– Now We Know The Plan: More Surveillance And A Patriot Act For Europe

From the article:

“This is what we do not understand. The targets bombed by French warplanes were mostly abandoned by ISIL fighters.”

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– “France Is At War”: Hollande Unleashes 2nd Day Of ISIS Strikes, Mobilizes 115,000, Moves To Change Constitution:

French authorities are still largely in the dark regarding how many people were ultimately involved in the attack and with suspected “mastermind” Abdelhamid Abaaoud out of reach in Syria, police are focused on locating Salah Abdeslam who allegedly helped with logistics and rented a black Volkswagen Polo used by the gunmen who stormed the Bataclan concert hall. 

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France Prepares To Bomb Syria In Retaliation For Refugee Crisis

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– France Prepares To Bomb Syria In Retaliation For Refugee Crisis (ZeroHedge, Sep 7, 2015):

Filed under ‘what the f##k?’, French President Francois Hollande is preparing for air strikes in Syria in a somewhat mind-numbing approach to to stem a flood of refugees from the Middle East into Europe. Using the always-ready excuse of “grappling with the threat of terrorism,” Bloomberg reports Hollande’s response to Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II by increasing the bombing of the very place from which the refugees are fleeing…

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The President Of France Wants Eurozone Members To Transfer Their Sovereignty To A United States Of Europe

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– The President Of France Wants Eurozone Members To Transfer Their Sovereignty To A United States Of Europe (Economic Collapse,. July 19, 2015):

The President of France has come up with a very creative way of solving the European debt crisis.  On Sunday, a piece authored by French President Francois Hollande suggested that the ultimate solution to the problems currently plaguing Europe would be for every member of the eurozone to transfer all of their sovereignty to a newly created federal government.  In other words, it would essentially be a “United States of Europe”.  This federal government would have a prime minister, a parliament, a federal budget and a federal treasury.  Presumably, the current national governments in Europe would continue to function much like state governments in the U.S. do.  In the end, there may be some benefits to such a union – particularly for the weaker members of the eurozone.  But at what cost would those benefits come?

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Putin Briefs Press After Marathon Minsk Talks On Ukraine Peace Deal (Video) – Ceasefire Starting February 15, Removal Of Heavy Weapons

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– Ukraine peace deal: Ceasefire starting February 15, removal of heavy weapons (RT, Feb 12, 2015):

An agreement has been brokered in Minsk to stop hostilities in Ukraine from Sunday. The deal was reached after marathon talks between the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, and signed by the Ukrainian rebels.

“I believe we agreed on a big deal. We agreed to a ceasefire starting at 00:00 on February 15,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told the media after the talks were finished.

“The main thing achieved is that from Saturday into Sunday there should be declared – without any conditions at all – a general ceasefire,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told journalists in a separate statement.

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