So, Trump, the "laughingstock," is on his way here to Europe. Here's my take on what is going on:

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49. Lining one's pockets or "grabbing all they'll ever need legally" describes Fillon,

who is also of Sarokzy's party, formerly the UMP, now renamed Republican, but Hollande made a point of cutting back on the Sarko bling. Also he was elected as a socialist so yes, his government was socialist. Your objections to it boil down to the fact that socialism requires wealth-sharing and the haves don't like it. Fine, but that doesn't make Hollande a time-server or pocket-liner, or incompetent. Economics aside he accomplished a lot and had it not been for the terror attacks would have accomplished a lot more. From wiki (excerpt function isn't working):
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Hollande announced several reforms to education, pledging to recruit 60,000 new teachers, to create a study allowance and means-tested training, and to set up a mutually beneficial contract that would allow a generation of experienced employees and craftsmen to be the guardians and teachers of younger newly hired employees, thereby creating a total of 150,000 subsidized jobs. This has been complemented by the promise of aid to SMEs, with the creation of a public bank investment-oriented SME's, and a reduction of the corporate tax rate to 30% for medium corporations and 15% for small.

Hollande's government has announced plans to construct 500,000 public homes per year, including 150,000 social houses, funded by a doubling of the ceiling of the A passbook, the region making available its local government land within five years. In accordance with long-standing Socialist Party policy, Hollande has announced that the retirement age will revert to 60, for those who have contributed for more than 41 years.
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He also withdrew troops from Afghanistan, apologized for French colonialism, apologized for French failures in matters pertaining to the Holocaust, and warned Eastern Bloc countries not to reject mandatory migrant quotas. All of which helped bring his approval ratings into sub-10% territory. But corrupt he was not.