‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback
- After a sweltering summer that torched France’s forests and bled its rivers dry, could former “Rain Man” president François Hollande be the answer to the country’s woes?
- The former Socialist leader who famously braved downpours through much of his time in office has crept back into the limelight, a decade after leaving the Elysée Palace with the lowest ratings in modern French history.
- Hollande has been a ubiquitous figure in France’s “rentrée politique”, the late-summer frenzy of party gatherings and trade fairs traditionally marking the start of a new political season – this one leading up t
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- After a sweltering summer that torched France’s forests and bled its rivers dry, could former “Rain Man” president François Hollande be the answer to the country’s woes?
- The former Socialist leader who famously braved downpours through much of his time in office has crept back into the limelight, a decade after leaving the Elysée Palace with the lowest ratings in modern French history.
- Hollande has been a ubiquitous figure in France’s “rentrée politique”, the late-summer frenzy of party gatherings and trade fairs traditionally marking the start of a new political season – this one leading up t
Sources: France 24