2012 presidential campaign François Hollande
hollande announced in 2011 candidate in upcoming primary election select socialist , radical left party presidential nominee. primary marked first time both parties had held open primary select joint nominee @ same time. trailed front-runner, former finance minister , international monetary fund managing director dominique strauss-kahn. following strauss-kahn s arrest on suspicion of sexual assault in new york city in may 2011, hollande began lead opinion polls, , position front-runner established strauss-kahn declared no longer seek nomination. after series of televised debates other candidates throughout september, hollande topped ballot in first round held on 9 october 39% of vote. did not, however, gain 50% required avoid run-off election, , obliged enter second ballot against martine aubry, had come in second 30% of vote.
the second ballot took place on 16 october 2011. hollande won 56% of vote aubry s 43% , became official socialist , radical left party candidate 2012 presidential election. main opponents in primary – aubry, ségolène royal, arnaud montebourg, , manuel valls – pledged support him general election.
hollande campaigning in reims, 2012
hollande s presidential campaign managed pierre moscovici , stéphane le foll, member of parliament , member of european parliament respectively. hollande launched campaign officially rally , major speech @ le bourget on 22 january 2012 in front of 25,000 people. main themes of speech equality , regulation of finance, both of promised make key part of campaign.
on 26 january, outlined full list of policies in manifesto containing 60 propositions, including separation of retail activities riskier investment-banking businesses; raising taxes on big corporations, banks , wealthy; creating 60,000 teaching jobs; bringing official retirement age down 60 62; creating subsidised jobs in areas of high unemployment young; promoting more industry in france creating public investment bank; granting marriage , adoption rights same-sex couples; , pulling french troops out of afghanistan in 2012. on 9 february, detailed policies relating education in major speech in orléans.
incumbent president nicolas sarkozy announced on 15 february run second , final term, criticising socialist proposals , claiming hollande bring economic disaster within 2 days of taking office . opinion polls showed tight race between 2 men in first round of voting, polls showing hollande comfortably ahead of sarkozy in hypothetical second round. first round of presidential election held on 22 april. françois hollande came in first place 28.63% of vote, , faced nicolas sarkozy in run-off. in second round of voting on 6 may 2012, hollande elected 51.7% of vote.
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