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| Francois Hollande: Statesman of the Year 2016 |
Ironically the French president was honoured during his visit to the United Nations in New York by an organisation called "The Appeal of Conscience" - an inter-denominational foundation in that city. Nominated as Statesman of the Year for his safe-guarding of the principles of democracy and tolerance, the base values of the French constitution, in the aftermath of the various attacks in France in the last 18 months.
Ironic, because his standing in France has never been lower and the ever more strident calls for restrictions on democracy and freedom by Nicholas Sarkozy are slightly at odds with the LR leader's nomination for the same prize in 2008.
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