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Thu Sep 11, 2014, 12:39 PM Sep 2014

Two-thirds of French want Hollande to quit

Nearly two-thirds of French voters want François Hollande, the unpopular Socialist president, to admit defeat and resign, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

The poll by Le Figaro newspaper, which came as France's economic woes deepened and Mr Hollande's reputation continued to suffer from the release of Valérie Trierweiler's memoirs, indicated growing disillusionment even among Socialist voters. Nearly a quarter of the party's supporters now want Mr Hollande to step down, it found.

However the majority of the French believe Mr Hollande will disregard public opinion and cling to power until his term ends in 2017, according to the survey.

Mr Hollande has vowed to weather the storm, saying: "No poll, no political turmoil will make me go."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/francois-hollande/11090249/Two-thirds-of-French-want-Hollande-to-quit.html

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