The reality is that since his election on 6 June 2012, President François Hollande with his 60 Election Promises is slowly hitting the buffers !!!
He crucified the former President, Nicholas Sarkozy, with the allegation that Sarkozy did not deliver on his election promises !!! Now the whole of France is watching, Sarkozy as much as Hollande; what will either do ?
There is discontent on the Left which is testified by the numerous marches in the streets of Paris as well as other major towns. Extremists, on the left (Communists) want to see promises delivered !!! They, with their leader Melanchon, will punish socialist candidates by voting massively for communists in any forthcoming elections.
There is also discontent on the Right. Sarkozy was ousted but now there are several candidates, some well known, others less prominent, patiently waiting in the shadows, to play their hand nearer the time of the next Presidential in election in 2017, if not before !!!
Hollande made 60 Promises as a Presidential Candidate. His total promises had a basic flaw. He never explained how he was going to finance everything he promised. He is at present scratching around to tax anything possible (anything that moves as the British say !!!).
Hollande wanted to interfere in businesses that faced huge losses and needed to reorganise and to cut the number of employees. His Minister, Arnaud Montebourg, has failed in his efforts to curtail employee reductions. Unemployment in France has continued to rise: 10.2% in the 4th quarter of 2012, a level which had never been so high since the 2nd quarter of 1999.
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