François Hollande waited until 2011 to participate to socialist candidacy. Indeed, he already wanted to be a candidate in 2007 against his ex, Ségolène Royal, in 2007.

Media’s favorite behind Martine Aubry a conservative, he won against her and against his ex. Ségolène Royal, whom was yet cheating’s victim. She should have been first secretary instead of Martine Aubry. But Ségolène Royal made a bad campaign in 2011 castigating the media going against her. So she won only 7% of the votes.

François Hollande had the merit to not cheat to become Republic’s President from 2012 to 2017. But being afraid of dying, he did not institute a Glass Steagall with the Muscovici reform, permitting to banks them to robe deposits. François Hollande further unraveled fifth Republic a little more aligning legislative elections with presidential elections. Indeed, cohabitation allowed presidency either to be tested or to be stripped of its power.

François Hollande did not make the mistake to stop Astrid. But his ministers will stop it when he will become president, namely Emmanuel Macron. The EPR was a fiasco because of France’s deindustrialization.