Francois Hollande: “There is no employment center of Presidents” – Le Point

“We can not engage saying I want to be president, one is not sure to get there anyway! There is a market problem, there is no employment center of Presidents. Some are registered for some time, “joked Francois Hollande exchange on a Saturday with a dozen teenagers Pourcharesses (Lozère). “When did you want to become president? “Asks Diane. “At your age, I do not necessarily thought to be,” said the Head of State addressing these teens to summer camp on the shores of Lake Villefort, before leaving to attend the end the 14th stage of Tour de France between Rodez and Mende.

“It is very important not to see this as a profession. What matters is not the importance of the mandate, it is the commitment that we put into it. Mayor of a small town or president, is the same desire, “he told the head of state. “And you, you think you become president? “He asked one of the young. “But this is not a problem because, given the difference I see no competition. We do not think about that when you’re young, “he added. He also pointed to the 5th and 4 students of the Honoré Daumier college Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône) “the importance of being delegated.” “Me I was class president,” said he said.

“Wear the message of France throughout the world”

In shorts, blue suits and hats orange, twelve teenagers from the Federation of secular works, with their director and three monitors, welcomed the president on the basis of “Grandeur Nature” singing the Marseillaise, as they prepared for their first night under the stars. Adolescents, who questioned him about the summer camps of his youth, he said keep “great memories” even if it has “many market”.

And his many trips? “It’s hard to understand for French. Why it goes away, and why it does not come to see us? I have to do both. France, a country that is also expected in the distance, “said the head of state. “Did you hear what we do for Greece, for Europe, for Africa, what to do for the climate [...] I went to the Philippines because it is a country where there there has been a great catastrophe. It should also carry the message of France throughout the world, “he said.